As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2026, enjoy our quiz about a few of the countless aspects of Shakespeare in America, from movies and television to its tradition of outdoor performances and more.
(To look into the history of Shakespeare in America, try our earlier quiz, “How well do you know the history of Shakespeare in America?“)
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If you’d like to learn more about Shakespeare in America, explore the wide variety of resources in our Shakespeare & Beyond blog post, “Shakespeare and America,” from the start of the 2026 anniversary year. We invite you to visit us at the Folger Shakespeare Library, founded in 1932, a major American Shakespeare center filled with immersive and artifact-filled exhibitions, performances, celebrations of Shakespeare in America, and more.
Keep exploring
Quoting Shakespeare in early America
Shakespeare was familiar to George Washington and many other advocates for independence from Great Britain. They thought that he embodied the American spirit and adapted him to their uniquely American needs, in letters, speeches, and more.
The American Women Who Transformed Shakespeare Editing
Charlotte Porter and Helen Clarke were outliers in the world of Shakespeare editing and scholarship—female, queer, non-academic, and the first editors to base their edition and analysis on the text of Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623.
Edward R. Murrow and Shakespeare
In an excerpt from her new book about when literature spoke truth to power during the Red Scare, critic Marjorie Garber looks at how Shakespeare inspired journalist Edward R. Murrow and the role it continued to play in his reporting.
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