Children's edition of First Folio published

The illustrated book features edited versions of all 36 plays of William Shakespeare’s First Folio

A children's edition of William Shakespeare's First Folio has been published to celebrate the book's 400th anniversary.

Entitled All the Plays: A Children’s Edition, the folio is believed to be the first fully illustrated and abridged version aimed at children aged seven to 14.

The first 10,000 copies would be distributed to 6,000 primary schools and 3,000 libraries across the UK for free, the Stratford-upon-Avon-based Shakespeare Birthplace Trust said.

The orginal First Folio was the first published collection of Shakespeare’s plays, produced seven years after his death.

All the Plays: A Children’s Edition is aimed at children aged seven to 14

Project leader Professor Charlotte Scott said the trust could think of "no better way" of marking the anniversary than reintroducing the "works and words of Shakespeare to young people."