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  Today: Saturday, May 25, 2013

Our exhibition hall is closed this summer for renovations. But we have lots to see and do in our other spaces!



Exhibition

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

 

Theater

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!

Register Here!

Ages: 6 — 12

Tickets: 35

 

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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