The Surbiton High School podcast is a series that gives you an inside look at the School, staff and pupils who make Surbiton High School one of the most successful and enduring independent schools in the country. Episodes follow the Senior School and the Girls’ and Boys’ Preparatory Schools with the aim to share what life at Surbiton High School is really like, focusing on breadth of curriculum, sports, arts and the traditions of the School that make it what it is.
Episode 49 – Shakespeare Day 2024 (Estimating the Impact of the First Folio)
23rd April 2024 is Shakespeare Day! In today’s episode we sit down and talk with Ms Huntley of the English Department and Mr Humphreys from the library and talk about the impact Shakespeare has had over time. This year’s episode focuses in the importance of the first folio edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays. 401 years ago, Shakespeare’s plays were collected together for the first time in a single volume, including 18 never-before-published plays, some of which have gone on to be among his most celebrated.
In this episode we estimate the cultural impact of the first folio and pick out our top three gems that very well could have been lost forever had the first folio never been published. Enjoy!