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Shakespeare & Beyond

The Shakespeare & Beyond blog features a wide range of Shakespeare-related topics: the early modern period in which he lived, the ways his plays have been interpreted and staged over the past four centuries, the enduring power of his characters and language, and more.

A backpacker in the age of Shakespeare: Thomas Coryate at the court of the Mughal emperor
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A backpacker in the age of Shakespeare: Thomas Coryate at the court of the Mughal emperor

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Charlie Beirouti

Thomas Coryate (c. 1577-1617) was one of the most widely traveled Englishmen of his day, motivated by curiosity, wanderlust, and fame. He served as a fascinating example of how early modern English travelers to the Islamic world might use their…

Up Close: Three scenes from Hamlet
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Up Close: Three scenes from Hamlet

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Can you identify what’s happening in each of these three scenes from Hamlet? The drawings by British illustrator John Jellicoe are part of the Folger collection.

Strange Shakespeare: Vortigern and the women making and faking Shakespeare
Vortigern and Rowena
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Strange Shakespeare: Vortigern and the women making and faking Shakespeare

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Fiona Ritchie

Women played a key role in creating, promoting, and ultimately undermining “Vortigern” and William Henry Ireland’s other Shakespeare forgeries.

Where to find Shakespeare (and more) in January
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Where to find Shakespeare (and more) in January

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Ben Lauer

From new podcasts to online events, theater companies are creating great new ways to engage with Shakespeare and other amazing writers.

Quiz: Which Shakespeare character doesn’t belong?
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Quiz: Which Shakespeare character doesn’t belong?

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Take this quiz to see if you can identify the odd one out in each set of characters for a specific Shakespeare play.

The curious and complicated case of Locrine
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The curious and complicated case of Locrine

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Alexandra E. LaGrand

The curious and complicated history of the 16th-century play “The Lamentable Tragedie of Locrine” prompts interesting conversations about the Shakespeare canon and its apocrypha.

Our revels now are ended: Reflections on the Shakespeare 2020 Project
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Our revels now are ended: Reflections on the Shakespeare 2020 Project

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Ian Doescher

Shakespeare & Beyond readers may remember author Ian Doescher’s announcement here in December 2019 that he would be reading through all of Shakespeare’s works in 2020, inviting anyone interested to join him. Many of our readers said yes! We asked…

Top 5 Folger Finds of 2020
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Top 5 Folger Finds of 2020

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Revisit the bright spots of 2020 by taking a look at some of our most popular #FolgerFinds posts on Instagram from the past year. Highlights from the Folger collection include a beautiful book binding, a striking costume design, and a…

Razing the Theatre, raising the Globe
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Razing the Theatre, raising the Globe

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Austin Tichenor

The story of the Globe Theatre’s beginnings is one of intrigue, legal hairsplitting, holiday opportunity, and the disassembly of another playhouse.

Top 5 Shakespeare Unlimited podcast episodes of 2020
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Top 5 Shakespeare Unlimited podcast episodes of 2020

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Our top Shakespeare Unlimited podcast episodes from 2020 explore Shakespeare’s sources, his sonnets, and the solace we take in his work. Happy listening!

Early modern recipe combinations to get you through the winter
Savory Cogs Biscuits. All photography by Brittany Diliberto. www.beetwosweet.com
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Early modern recipe combinations to get you through the winter

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We’ve shared so many early modern recipe adaptations on this blog that it might feel overwhelming to choose from them all. That’s why we’ve created some delicious combinations for you to experiment with over the holidays and beyond. You’ll find…

The post-modern peregrinations of Pericles
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The post-modern peregrinations of Pericles

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Sujata Iyengar

The story of Pericles continues to be retold by twenty-first century novelists, among them Mark Haddon, in The Porpoise (2019), and Ali Smith, in Spring (2019), the penultimate book in her “Seasonal Quartet.”

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