| Exhibition
The Shakespeare Gallery
Ongoing, Monday through Saturday 10am–5pm
Folger Great Hall
Explore the Folger through our visitor film, digitally leaf through a First Folio with our touchscreen kiosk, and explore our collection through copies of Infinite Variety.
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Tickets:
FREE
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| Exhibition
Imagining China: The View from Europe, 1550–1700
September 18, 2009–January 9, 2010 10am–5pm
Monday–Saturday
Folger Great Hall
Curators: Timothy Billings, with Jim Kuhn
Alexander Huang, video curator
Early modern Europeans imagined China as a land of wonder, of riches, and of enormous opportunity. Rare books and maps from the Folger collection, along with items from the Library of Congress and the Walters Arts Museum, capture England's dawning cultural awareness and admiration of things Chinese.
Tickets:
FREE
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| Theater
Much Ado About Nothing
October 21–November 29, 2009
Preview Dates: October 21–27, 2009
Regular Performance and Matinee Dates: October 28–November 29, 2009
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Timothy Douglas
Reluctant lovers Beatrice and Benedick conceal their attraction behind a merry war of wit in Shakespeare’s romantic, clever comedy. The play’s musical language resonates with Caribbean rhythm in this colorful production set in the heart of Washington, DC.
Tickets:
Regular Performance (Tues–Thurs) 7:30 PM:
$39-$47
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| Poetry
Arthur Sze & Afaa Michael Weaver
November 3, 2009 7:30pm
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
Second-generation Chinese American poet Sze and Baltimore native Weaver read from their Eastern influenced poems.
Tickets:
$12
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