Books come and books go at libraries, but few can compare with a very special book that will be on display this month at the downtown Kansas City Public Library.

Shakespeare’s First Folio is a collection of William Shakespeare’s plays published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death. Eighteen of the plays included in the volume had never been printed previously and would have been lost otherwise. Only 235 copies of the Folio are known to exist today.

One of those copies is coming to Kansas City in June. The University of Missouri-Kansas City is part of the surrounding celebration. Matt Campbell with The Kansas City Star writes about the exhibit. Read more…