Read more Folger Shakespeare Library stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32588/folger-shakespeare-library.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 17:21:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/92964/scamster-mutilated-key-shakespeare-folio.htmlRob Quinn<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=741762&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331192644' border='0' />One of the most valuable English-language books in existence is in tatters because of an unemployed book dealer's obsession with a Cuban waitress, prosecutors told a British court yesterday. Raymond Scott stole a 400-year-old first edition of Shakespeare's works from a university exhibition and then ripped out pages and destroyed...Raymond Scott, 53, arrives for his court case at Newcastle Crown Court, Newcastle, England.http://www.newser.com/story/92964/scamster-mutilated-key-shakespeare-folio.htmlFri, 18 Jun 2010 03:40:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52825/lifetime-portrait-of-bard-found.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=188504&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331231414' border='0' />A family heirloom is thought to be the only surviving portrait of William Shakespeare painted during his life, the Telegraph reports. Art restorer Alex Cobbe noticed that a portrait of the Bard in the Folger Shakespeare library in Washington—known to be a posthumous copy of another work—bore an...A detail of the newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, presented by the Shakespeare Birthplace trust, is seen in central London, Monday March 9, 2009.http://www.newser.com/story/52825/lifetime-portrait-of-bard-found.htmlMon, 09 Mar 2009 13:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32244/bard-working-librarians-help-nab-book-thief.htmlM. Morris<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=119122&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401010425' border='0' />Quick-thinking librarians have helped recover a valuable book of Shakespeare's works stolen from a British university 10 years ago, the Washington Post reports. A man who arrived unannounced at Washington's Folger Shakespeare Library with a copy of the 1623 First Folio set off "alarm bells" with his tale of the...This undated image made available by the University of Durham shows the frontispiece of a priceless edition of Shakespeare's works stolen 10 years ago.http://www.newser.com/story/32244/bard-working-librarians-help-nab-book-thief.htmlFri, 11 Jul 2008 16:29:46 CDT