The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World

Examines the global dissemination of the folios with each act focusing on a different century, from the 17th to the 21st. Contents: Act I : New Bond Street, London -- Barbican and Aldersgate, London -- St. Paul's Churchyard, London -- New Bond Street, London Act II : Hampstead Heath, London -- Catherine Street, London -- 17 Gough Square, London -- Staple Inn, High Holborn, London Act III : Charing Cross, London -- High Halden, Kent -- Kensal Green Cemetery, London Act IV : East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C. -- Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. -- Level C, Folger Shakespeare Library Act V : The Globe Theatre, Shin-Okubo, Shinjuku Ward -- Shinjuku Ward, Tokoyo -- Meisei University, Hino, Tokoyo -- Shinjuku Metro Promenade, Tokyo