Copies of first printed Shakespeare plays go on display in Scotland

A 17th-century calf bound 1623 copy of the First Folio edition of William Shakespeare's plays seen at the Sotheby's auction house office in London. Photo: AP

Three copies of the first printed edition of William Shakespeare’s plays will go on display in Scotland to mark 400 years since it was first published.

The booklets will be available for viewing at the University of Glasgow, the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh and Mount Stuart, on the Isle of Bute, at different times this year.