Shakespeare in Ten Acts

Charting Shakespeare’s constant reinvention across the centuries, curator Zoe Wilcox takes Andy Akinwolere on a tour of the British Library's new exhibition.

It's a journey through 400 years of history – from the first productions of Hamlet and The Tempest – to understand how Shakespeare’s plays have been transformed for new generations of theatre-goers.

Shakespeare in Ten Acts showcases more than 200 unique and rare items such as the only surviving play-script in Shakespeare’s hand, an authentic Shakespeare signature, the earliest printed edition of Hamlet from 1603 and Shakespeare’s First Folio.