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John Pollack (fourth from left) of the Penn Libraries organized the First Folio Day and chose the Shakespeare-related works to put on display.

The celebration on Sunday afternoon marked the day of Shakespeare’s birth on Ap(as legend has it), and the day of his death in 1616. “All semester we’ve been asking, ‘How are these plays, over 400 years later, still so vibrant and alive and accessible in terms of the characters’ passions and emotional lives, and how does the profundity of the questions these plays ask remain so resonant and urgent today?’” says Thompson. Thompson said her class visited the Libraries early in the semester to see some of the historical texts. In addition, three students chosen in an English Department sonnet contest read their original works. The 16 class members took turns performing excerpts from “Romeo and Juliet,” “Hamlet,” and “Twelfth Night,” explaining what they learned throughout the hourlong performance. With Condell, he co-owned the Globe Theater and helped him edit and publish Shakespeare's First Folio.William Shakespeare was the star of the show during a Penn Libraries celebration of his “Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies,” better known as the First Folio, in this 400th year since its publication.īut the starring performers were Penn students in the Theatre Arts Program’s Acting Shakespeare class, taught by Jennifer Joan Thompson of the School of Arts & Sciences.

John Heminges (1556-1630) was also one of the actors in the troupe.

He co-owned the Globe Theater with John Heminges and helped edit and publish Shakespeare's First Folio without the permission of Shakespeare himself.

Henry Condell (1568-1627) was one of the 26 actors known to have been in the troupe.

William Kempe (1560-1603) was an actor, dancer, and singer but was best known for his comedy work in Shakespeare's plays including the roles of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Falstaff in Henry IV, Peter in Romeo and Juliet, and Costard in Love's Labour's Lost.

He owned 25% of the Globe Theater after having helped tear down the old one and rebuild it.

Richard Burbage (1567-1619), known as a method actor, played the lead roles in many of Shakespeare's plays, including Hamlet, Othello, Richard III, and King Lear, as well as those written by Ben Jonson.

These men were some of the most famous stage actors at the time – and without their performance, Shakespeare’s plays may never have found their place in history. From 1594, only an acting troupe known as Lord Chamberlain's Men, later renamed King's Men, performed Shakespeare's plays.