To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, filmmaker Jack Jewers sent a portrait of William Shakespeare and a copy of a speech from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to the edge of space in a short film series addressing contemporary themes. The First Folio, published in 1623, is a crucial compilation of Shakespeare’s works, preserving 18 plays that would have been lost without it.Shakespeare’s portrait sent to space
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, filmmaker Jack Jewers sent a portrait of William Shakespeare and a copy of a speech from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to the edge of space in a short film series addressing contemporary themes. The First Folio, published in 1623, is a crucial compilation of Shakespeare’s works, preserving 18 plays that would have been lost without it.
