the First Folio
/ðə ˌfɜːst ˈfəʊliəʊ/
/ðə ˌfɜːrst ˈfəʊliəʊ/
- the first collection of Shakespeare's plays to be published. It consists of 36 plays and was published in 1623 by two actors who had worked with Shakespeare. Some of the individual plays had already been published, and were called quartos, but many of them contained mistakes. The First Folio is considered the first true and genuine written version of the plays. Copies of it are rare and very valuable.
《第一对开本》：莎士比亚戏剧的第一个收藏集即将出版。它由36部戏剧组成，由与莎士比亚合作的两位演员于1623年出版。一些个人剧本已经出版，并被称为四重奏，但其中许多包含错误。《第一对开本》被认为是该剧的第一个真实且真实的书面版本。它的副本很少，而且非常有价值。