Globe receives Shakespeare gift
US playwright John Wolfson has pledged more than 450 works, including a first folio of 18 Shakespeare plays, to be handed over after his death.
Wolfson said he was "fortunate to have found a place as appropriate for my books as Shakespeare's Globe".
Chief executive Peter Kyle said the Bankside theatre was "delighted" to be bequeathed the "wonderful" collection.
In addition to the Shakespeare works, the archive includes plays from the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, as well as texts by writers who are thought to have influenced the Bard.
It will be housed in a new research centre at the Globe.
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Wolfson said he was "fortunate to have found a place as appropriate for my books as Shakespeare's Globe".
Chief executive Peter Kyle said the Bankside theatre was "delighted" to be bequeathed the "wonderful" collection.
In addition to the Shakespeare works, the archive includes plays from the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, as well as texts by writers who are thought to have influenced the Bard.
It will be housed in a new research centre at the Globe.