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In the news...
Feb. 10th, 2009 06:01 pmIf you're going to go on trial for stealing a freaking First Folio, I guess you might as well do it in style.
To wit: Suspect in court over Shakespeare tome theft
From Associated Press, February 10, 2009 1:28 PM EST
CONSETT, England - An eccentric British book dealer appeared in court
Tuesday, charged with stealing a rare First Folio of Shakespeare's plays
from a university library.
Self-described "dilettante" Raymond Scott, 51, arrived for the brief hearing
in a chauffeur-driven silver stretch limo, dressed almost entirely in white
and holding a cigar and an opened cup of instant noodles. He read aloud from
Shakespeare's "Richard III" before entering the court.
Police say the 1623 Folio, one of the most important books in the English
language, is worth about 3 million pounds ($4.5 million). It was among seven
centuries-old books and manuscripts stolen from Durham University library in
northern England in 1998.
( but wait, there's more... )
To wit: Suspect in court over Shakespeare tome theft
From Associated Press, February 10, 2009 1:28 PM EST
CONSETT, England - An eccentric British book dealer appeared in court
Tuesday, charged with stealing a rare First Folio of Shakespeare's plays
from a university library.
Self-described "dilettante" Raymond Scott, 51, arrived for the brief hearing
in a chauffeur-driven silver stretch limo, dressed almost entirely in white
and holding a cigar and an opened cup of instant noodles. He read aloud from
Shakespeare's "Richard III" before entering the court.
Police say the 1623 Folio, one of the most important books in the English
language, is worth about 3 million pounds ($4.5 million). It was among seven
centuries-old books and manuscripts stolen from Durham University library in
northern England in 1998.
( but wait, there's more... )
