Folger Theatre: As You Like It
Shakespeare’s popular comedy as a love note to DC, onstage through April 12
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About us
The Folger Shakespeare Library showcases the utility of Shakespeare and the humanities in cultivating healthy civic life.
What’s on
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As You Like It
Imagining Shakespeare: Mythmaking and Storytelling in the Regency Era
On View: Mandy Cano Villalobos
Director’s Talk: As You Like It with Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper
Family Workshop: From Print to Paint
Our Shakespeare Exhibition
Othello and Storytelling: Who Gets to Speak?
Adjoa Andoh
Director’s Residency: April 19-25
Adjoa Andoh MBE is most well-known among American audiences for her role as Lady Danbury in the Netflix show Bridgerton, but she is also a highly regarded Shakespearean actor and director. Learn more about the public events happening during her Director’s Residency at the Folger.
The latest from our blogs and podcast
About 'The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf'
Introductory information on the April 2026 Folger Book Club selection, The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa Arsén.
Shakespeare Championships
Welcome to the Shakespeare Championships bracket! Can the melancholy Dane beat the wild Prince Hal? Can the Capulets and Montagues defeat Pericles? Now is your chance to decide!
Shakespeare quotes about spring
We’re celebrating the start of spring with some of our favorite Shakespeare quotes about the season, a time of renewal, rebirth, and new beginnings.
Undergraduate Research at the Folger: Picturing the Plotters
In this exhibition catalog entry for a writing class, Eleanor, an undergraduate student at GWU, examines a Dutch print portraying the Gunpowder Plotters and their fate.
Quiz: How well do you know As You Like It?
Try our quiz about Shakespeare’s As You Like It, from its characters, words, and music to its exploration of the great outdoors.
Undergraduate Research at the Folger: Pain in the Teeth
A GWU undergraduate student shares their experience working at the Folger for their class project on Shakespeare and early modern dentistry an Art in the Age of Shakespeare course.
Our collection
The First Folio
The Folger has the world’s largest collection of First Folios. Learn more about the book that gave us Shakespeare.
A majestic portrait
The Folger collection includes about 200 paintings. This portrait of Queen Elizabeth I by George Gower is dated 1579, making it the oldest painting in our collection. Two years after he completed this portrait, Gower became Serjeant Painter to the Queen, making him the most important artist in England.
Our other Elizabeth I holdings include hand-signed letters, books, and even New Year’s gift rolls detailing her holiday gifts. It is the largest collection of Elizabeth I materials in North America.
Shakespeare’s works
View the full list of plays and poems to read, search, and download our bestselling editions of Shakespeare’s works.
Shakespeare’s most popular plays
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Julius Caesar
Othello
Hamlet
Explore
What was Shakespeare's theater like?
Learn about the Globe and other London playhouses where Shakespeare’s company performed. What was it like to be an actor there, or an audience member?
Teach
How can Shakespeare help 21st-century students be stronger readers?
Our Folger Method is revolutionizing how not just Shakespeare but all literature is taught using strategies that allow all students to own – and enjoy – complex texts.
Research
If we are what we eat, what can recipes from the past tell us?
Projects like Before ‘Farm to Table’ unite scholars and practitioners in investigations into the past to shed light on what matters to us today.
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