PETER STRAUGHAN SETS
NEW FILM ON SHAKESPEARE'S FIRST FOLIO
As Variety reports, Peter Straughan, who adapted “Wolf Hall” has set the story of William Shakespeare’s first folio as his next movie. FOLIO will tell
how a collection of Shakespeare’s works were assembled seven years after his death and preserved for future generations. Four hundred years on from its original publication, FOLIO follows the journey of Shakespeare’s former Kings Men colleagues, actors John Heminges and Henry Condell, as they embark on a picaresque road trip through an England on the brink of Puritanism and gather the material to keep their friend’s work and memory alive. Historians believe that had it not been for Heminges and Condell’s efforts, half of Shakespeare’s works would not be known to us today.
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| Peter Straughan is directing and penning |
