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Explore the Folger through our visitor film, digitally leaf through a First Folio with our touchscreen kiosk, and explore our collection through special exhibitions that connect with current programs.

Curators: Georgianna Ziegler

Virginia Woolf famously evoked Shakespeare’s sister in A Room of One’s Own as she tried to imagine the difficulties women writers faced during the early modern period. In fact, Woolf was not aware of how many women actually were writing during that time, because many of their works were never published, and those that were, lay in relative critical neglect. This exhibition explores those women who were, in fact, writing during Shakespeare's time. It reimagines the “conversations” of these early women writers: with each other as members of families or groups; with the Bible; with spiritual and secular ideas; and with male writers of the time.

Special Sunday viewing hours from noon to 5pm.

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Aaron Posner

The battle of the sexes wages on as the arrogant Petruchio and the headstrong Kate face off in Shakespeare’s comedic examination of the institution of marriage and the journey toward love.

Mike Witmore, Director of the Folger, shares his perspective on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew in a pre-performance discussion.