Shakespeare on Display

One of the jewels of the E. Beatrice Batson Shakespeare Collection is a copy of Henry the Fourth, taken from the fourth folio edition of Mr. William Shakespear’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies (1685). The play was donated to the College in honor of Dr. Batson’s retirement from the English Department in 1990. In celebration of the fourth folio turning an impressive 340 this year, Wheaton Archives & Special Collections revisits a 2015 feature from former Wheaton Library Metadata Associate, Brittany Adams, on the history and unique textual features of Wheaton’s “Henry.” The folio will be on display throughout the 2025 fall semester in the Wheaton College Library.

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