Research Guides: IDS 101: Hamlet: Quartos &amp; Folios

Quartos of Hamlet

Shakespeare in Quartro
View and compare 107 quartos, two at a time, side by side. (British Library)

Digitized full first Quarto of Hamlet (Bad Quarto) from the Huntington Library

Digitized Hamlet from the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays from the Bodleian Library, Oxford University.

Why is Shakespeare's First Folio so important?
A good, brief introduction to Shakespeare's First Folio.
Hamlet from the First Folio
A digital facsimile of Hamlet from the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Bodleian Arch. G c.7.

Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, tragedies: published according to the true originall copies. The second impression.
A digital version of the second folio from Walter Havighurst Special Collections of the Miami University Libraries at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

What is the Second Folio of William Shakespeare?
An explanation of the various printings of the Second Folio. (Meisei University Japan)
Shakespeare Second Folio - John Smethwick Imprint, 1632
A video featuring Adam Douglas, Senior Specialist in Early Literature at Peter Harrington Rare Books.
Shakespeare, Second Folio
An online exhibit from the Imprints and Impressions online exhibit at the University of Dayton.
Shakespeare: Second Folio w/ Ari Friedlander
Ari Friedlander, assistant professor of English, discusses what the publication of William Shakespeare’s Second Folio meant for the publishing industry in Renaissance England.