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Magnesium dies replicating the outer forme of the first gathering of John Dryden & William D’Avenant, editors. The tempest, or, The enchanted island. A comedy. As it is now acted at Their Majesties theatre in Dorset-Garden (London: H. Herringman, 1690). The press is a Vandercook 15, made in the 1950s. It was donated to Wolverine Press by Quick Carlson, a UM Alum (LSA 1949)
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On Printing a Shakespeare's Quarto at the Wolverine Press
As part of the upcoming exhibit "Shakespeare on Page and Stage: A Celebration" (Audubon Room, January 11- April 27) we decided to include a facsimile version of a quarto gathering based on a real seventeenth-century quarto edition of a play held at the Special Collections Library: The tempest, or, The enchanted island. A comedy. As it is now acted at Their Majesties theatre in Dorset-Garden (London: H. Herringman, 1690), edited by John Dryden & William Davenant. Read the rest of this blog post if you wish to learn more about what a quarto is and how the folks from the Wolverine Press printed this replica.