Thursday, March 17. 1955 University Daily Kansan
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Shakespeare's 1st Folio Not Rare, Says Hankins
The first folio of Shakespeare's plays is largely of sentimental value, said John Hankins, professor of English, yesterday in the Kansas room of the library. Prof. Hankins spoke on "The Origins of Shakespeare's Texts."
Prof. Hankins said the first folio was not particularly a rare book. In a census taken in 1939, he said there were somewhere around 189 known copies found in the world.
"The first folio began to show its worth sometime in the 18th century," the professor said. "Before that time it was not particularly desirable to have a copy. It was much better to have the latest thing out."
"Book sellers in London used all kinds of devices to reproduce first folios after value was placed on them," Prof. Hankins continued.
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"They even falsified the date on the title of a second folio to sell it as a first."
Prof. Hankins said that interest sprang from the growing emphasis placed on Shakespeare's text. The editors began to realize the importance of getting Shakespeare's plays as he wrote them, and not as they had been changed by editors in the preceeding century.
Prof. Hankins explained that as the folios became valued they were sold. He said that Harry Folger seemed intent on cornering the market, and the world wondered why he kept buying books all alike.
"Now we realize they were not all alike. Changes took place as they went to press," the professor continued, "and aside from Stratford on Avon, nowhere is there so much Shakespeare atmosphere in one place today as in the Folger Shakespeare library in Washington, D.C."
Today is the last day the exhibition of Shakespearean materials, including a first folio and other texts loaned by the Folger Shakespeare library, will be on display in the library. The exhibition and Prof. Hankin's talk were presented in conjunction with the production of "Richard III" by the University Theatre.
Art Meeting Set March 25
The University High School Art conference, sponsored by the School of Fine Arts and the University Extension committee will be held here Friday, March 25 and Saturday 26.
Marjorie Whitney, professor of design, and E. A. McFarland of University Extension will be in charge of the conference.
The two day meeting will feature lectures and demonstrations on various phases of art work, such as painting, ceramics, sculpture, and crafts. Faculty members of design and drawing and painting will be available for conferences on majors and professions in their respective fields.
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