On April 3, 2025 the Folger’s virtual book club continues with a discussion of Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of resources related to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, gaming, and girlhood.
LEARN more about Twelfth Night
CONNECT with related Folger programming
- Folger Theatre’s Twelfth Night, on stage May 13 – June 22, 2025
- Folger Foe-lios, a series of introductory 5E Adventures
LEARN more about Shakespeare and gaming
- The game’s the thing
- Gaming and grieving with Shakespeare: Gabrielle Zevin’s new novel puts the ghostliness in gameplay
- Fortune’s Fools: early tarot cards
- Rough Magic: Performing Shakespeare Through Gaming Technology
LISTEN to related podcasts
- Episode 60: Shakespeare and Girlhood
- Episode 62: Shakespeare and YA Novels—Ryan North and Molly Booth
- Episode 72: Adapting Shakespeare
REVISIT past book club selections
- The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
We would like to thank the following organization for its generous support of this program
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Using 20-Minute Plays the Whole Year Long
Teachers, join Folger Education for a free, one-hour, virtual professional development session on launching students into complex texts using 20-Minute Plays.
Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 8pm ET
The Bard, the Witch, and the Cauldron with Mhara Starling
The Bard, the Witch, and the Cauldron with Mhara Starling
Join us for a virtual talk on the rich tapestry of Welsh stories preserved in medieval and early modern literature, with Mhara Starling, a Welsh author, folklorist, and modern-day Witch.
Wed, Oct 8, 2025, at 7pm
Folger Book Club: 'A Haunting on the Hill' by Elizabeth Hand
Folger Book Club: 'A Haunting on the Hill' by Elizabeth Hand
Our October 2025 selection takes a trip to Shirley Jackson’s infamous Hill House, where four theater-makers are attempting to adapt a Jacobean witchcraft play under unique conditions…
Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:30pm
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