In the first essay in Reading the First Folio, celebrated director Richard Eyre chooses 'Lear's simple, humane, humble, loving, gentle words' from Act 5, Scene 3 of the play. Show more
Playwright, screenwriter and director David Hare tells us why he is moved by Macbeth's imagining of old age - 'honour, love, obedience' - from Act 5, Scene 3 of the play. Show more
The Globe's artistic director, Michelle Terry, chooses a speech from a play first published in the Folio. In Act 3, Scene 2, Rosalind is disguised and talks of love cures. Show more
Author, curator and broadcaster Islam Issa chooses a speech by Julius Caesar in which the lead character says: 'Cowards die many times before their deaths.' Show more
