Unlocking the World's first great Shakespeare Library for all

Everything to Everybody
 
Birmingham, UK is home to the first great Shakespeare Library in the world containing more than 40,000 volumes including the first folio and thousands of photographs, music scores, programmes, posters and playbills from many countries - all owned by the people of the city.  'Everything to Everybody' is an exciting £1 million project by University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council to reawaken this forgotten treasure to inspire Birmingham's future as a world city.
 
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In Birmingham, Shakespeare, Everything to Everybody, George Dawson, Ewan Fernie,

Forgotten Treasures: The World's First Great Shakespeare Library

‘This book unlocks the far-too-little-known phenomenon of the Birmingham Shakespeare Library – the first great Shakespeare Library in the world, and one which has always belonged to all the people of the city.  It’s amazing, truly full of forgotten treasures....

£7.50

Directed by:

Sean Griffiths

Produced by:

ICE Productions

Recorded By:

ICE Productions

Producer:

Sean Griffiths

Special Thanks to:

Shakespeare Memorial Library, University of Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Heritage Lottery Fund

Run Time:

2.44

Copyright Date:

2019

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