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King and Country: Shakespeare treasures from the Folger
Charles Kean Promptbook
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King and Country: Shakespeare treasures from the Folger

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Esther French

A special exhibition of rare quartos, promptbooks, and other treasures from the Folger collection accompanies the Royal Shakespeare Company staging of King and Country: Shakespeare’s Great Cycle of Kings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York this month. Director Gregory…

Would you buy a used car from William Shakespeare? How about mustard?
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Would you buy a used car from William Shakespeare? How about mustard?

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Sarah Hovde

Would you buy a bicycle if William Shakespeare sold it to you? How about trading up to a Cadillac? Over the years, advertisers have counted on the novelty of Shakespeare, and his memorable characters, to sell their products. The brochure…

A contract for Othello
Othello Program Cover
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A contract for Othello

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Sarah Hovde

Paul Robeson as Othello Folger Finds delivers delightful and insightful moments with the Folger collection. Sarah Hovde, a cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library, unearths the contract between the producer, the director, and the star of the longest-running Shakespeare play…

David Garrick and the cult of bardolatry
David Garrick in Romeo and Juliet
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David Garrick and the cult of bardolatry

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Esther French

David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in Romeo and Juliet. Based on a painting by Benjamn Wilson engraved by Ravenet. Enamel, ca. 1765. Folger Shakespeare Library. The leading actor-manager of the 1700s, David Garrick revolutionized English theatre with a lively,…

A beautiful Twelfth Night
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A beautiful Twelfth Night

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Sarah Hovde

Folger Finds delivers delightful and insightful moments with the Folger collection. Sarah Hovde, a cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library, reveals a 1932 edition of Twelfth Night with beautiful engravings by Eric Ravilious. Twelfth Night, the last of the twelve…

A very special Christmas gift
PR2752 1875k Sh.Col.
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A very special Christmas gift

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Sarah Hovde

Folger Finds delivers delightful and insightful moments with the Folger collection. Sarah Hovde, a cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library, shares the story behind a book that belonged to the library’s founder. Many of us have probably given or received…

How Frank R. Benson helped revive Shakespeare's popularity
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How Frank R. Benson helped revive Shakespeare's popularity

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Sarah Hovde

Frank R. Benson. Folger Shakespeare Library. Folger Finds delivers delightful and insightful moments with the Folger collection. Sarah Hovde, a cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library, shares the story behind the announcement of a turn-of-the-century “Shakespearean season” in London. It’s…

As You Like It in Esperanto: Washington, DC, 1910
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As You Like It in Esperanto: Washington, DC, 1910

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Sarah Hovde

Folger Finds delivers delightful and insightful moments with the Folger collection. Sarah Hovde, a cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library, shares the story behind a 1910 Esperanto edition of Shakespeare’s As You Like It.   Heard any Esperanto lately? Designed by…

The first new Folger Folio (Fourth Folio, that is) in over 80 years
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The first new Folger Folio (Fourth Folio, that is) in over 80 years

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Caroline Duroselle-Melish

This copy of the Fourth Folio, published in 1685, is the first Shakespeare Folio to be added to the Folger Shakespeare Library collection since the days of our founders, Henry Folger (1857-1930) and Emily Folger (1858-1936). The collection now holds…

Introducing texts&beheadings:ElizabethR
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Introducing texts&beheadings:ElizabethR

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Katharine Pitt

The 2015/16 season at Folger Theatre kicks off with a special engagement of texts&beheadings/ElizabethR, which heads into rehearsal next week and we’re delighted to have the opportunity to host the world premiere of this new American play (we have more than one this…

Louis Butelli: Introducing Gravedigger’s Tale
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Louis Butelli: Introducing Gravedigger’s Tale

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Louis Butelli

Louis Butelli Hello, dear readers of the Folger Production Diary! This is your friend Louis Butelli writing you once again. How’ve you been? The reason for this entry is to proudly announce a brand new collaboration between myself, director Robert…

Gravedigger's Tale
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Gravedigger's Tale

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Katharine Pitt

Gravedigger’s Tale is going on tour! Learn more and reserve for your organization today!   Gravedigger’s Tale is a new interactive one-man play based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The play, developed by director Robert Richmond (Folger Theatre’s Julius Caesar, Richard III, Henry V and more), features the Gravedigger, who…

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