On November 8th 1623, The First Folio, one of the great wonders of the literary world was published, seven years after the death of its author. It was the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays. Without this achievement, we would have lost half of his dramatic work. Troubadour Stageworks is marking this day in true Shakespearian style with a 12-hour Shakespeare Marathon at Dr Johnson’s House from 10 a.m. today.

Today eight of Shakespeare’s plays will be woven together including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, All’s Well That Ends Well, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night and ‘Fix Folio’ (36 Shakespeare Plays in 45 minutes).

The performance is free and can be viewed online or in person at Dr Johnson’s House, Gough Square, London.

You can drop in online or in person at @drjohnsonshouse

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ULEZ CAMERAS (n.) Black Sentinels much given to damage by vigilantly groups that do name themselves Blade Runner.

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SIGHTLINES (n.) Thirteen protected views of St. Paul’s Cathedral and The Palace of Westminster from fixed points thus thwarting architects’ ambition to populate the capital with vanity projects.

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CONSTITUTION HILL (n.) King’s thoroughfare which is neither rising nor associated with parliamentary matters has been the location of three royal assignation attempts.

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CHANGING THE GUARD (n.) A tradition that doth display our imperial might to impressionable tourists promoting the purchase of cheap Chinese-made souvenirs of toy soldiers.

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