The Folger Library General Reader's Shakespeare

The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library located in Washington, D.C., and has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare. The books in the General Reader's Shakespeare series include modernized spelling and punctuation and interpretative essays. Louis B. Wright, General Editor, was the Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library from 1948 until his retirement in 1968. Virginia LaMar, Assistant Editor, served as research assistant to the Director and Executive Secretary of the Library from 1946 until her death in 1968.