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The first collection of Shakespeare—s complete works, known as —The First Folio—, is arguably the most important document in the cultural history of Europe. Without it there would be no such thing as —William Shakespeare—. It is almost a miracle that the First Folio (Complete Works of William Shakespeare) exists at all, given that playwrights tried to keep their plays out of print — mainly to avoid them being pirated — that Shakespeare never published any of his plays, and that not one of Shakespeare—s manuscripts has survived. We owe this book and the fact that we have the texts of so many of the bard—s plays to the enterprise of two actors. John Hemminge and Henry Condell, two of Shakespeare—s friends and fellow actors, edited the collection