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The Shakespeare Gallery
Ongoing, Monday through Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 12pm–5pm
Folger Great Hall
Discover what it might have been like to see a play in Shakespeare's time in a family-friendly display, The Play's the Thing!, and explore the Folger through our visitor film on why Shakespeare matters.
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Tickets:
FREE
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Twelfth Night
April 30–June 9, 2013 Preview Dates: April 30–May 5, 2013 Regular Performance and Matinee Dates: May 6–June 9, 2013
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Robert Richmond
Cast away on the shores of a distant land, lost lovers and their unruly servants converge and conspire in this romance-filled comedy.
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| Family Program
Shakespeare in Action
May 25, 2013 9:30am–11:30am
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
Jump into the active world of Shakespeare’s plays using performance-based techniques that introduce the language to children in grades 3-7. Learn safe swordplay and get into the action with text straight from a Shakespeare play!
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Ages: 6 — 12
Tickets:
35
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| Exhibition
A Book Behind Bars: The Robben Island Shakespeare
May 25–September 29, 2013 10am Monday–Saturday 12pm–5pm Sunday
Folger Shakespeare Library
A copy of the complete works of Shakespeare signed by ANC prisoners at South Africa’s notorious Robben Island prison in the 1970s, including Nelson Mandela. On exhibit for the first time in the US.
Tickets:
FREE
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