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Deep Dive into Gorakh Dhanda or what Partington thought of Indian Shakespeare in 1913
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Deep Dive into Gorakh Dhanda or what Partington thought of Indian Shakespeare in 1913

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Anandi Rao

Fellow Anandi Rao takes a close look at a copy of an Urdu translation of The Comedy of Errors.

Collection Connections: Specters of Hamlet and AI as RenAIssance Technology
Early ninetheenth-century watercolor painting depicting Hamlet encountering the ghost
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Collection Connections: Specters of Hamlet and AI as RenAIssance Technology

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Alexa Alice Joubin

We revisit Alexa Alice Joubin’s May 2025 presentation as part of our Folger Book Club discussion of Em Liu’s The Death I Gave Him.

Fuseli's Shakespeare Paintings
Shakespeare and Beyond

Fuseli's Shakespeare Paintings

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Shakespeare & Beyond

One of 18th-century Britain’s most prolific narrative painters, Henry Fuseli found inspiration in Shakespeare, with his painting of Macbeth and the witches one of his “best poetical conceptions.”

Finding Beulah
A close up of a signature on page
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Finding Beulah

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Sara Pennell

Fellow Sara Pennell hunts down the former owner of one the Folger’s many recipe books.

C. Walter Hodges and Reconstructed Shakespearean Theatres
A colored illustration of a wooden theatre with a blue ceiling, pinkish stage and flooring. There are figures on the stage and standing in front of it at the ground level.
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C. Walter Hodges and Reconstructed Shakespearean Theatres

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Alex Baines

Fellow Alex Baines looks at the drawings of C. Walter Hodges and how they continue to impact how we imagine the Globe Theatre

Collection Connections: The "You" You Think You Are: "Twelfth Knight," RPGs, and Identity
Overhead photo of the Folger Reading Room with groups of people playing DnD at tables
Folger Spotlight

Collection Connections: The "You" You Think You Are: "Twelfth Knight," RPGs, and Identity

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Kavita Mudan Finn

We revisit Kavita Mudan Finn’s April 2025 presentation as part of our Folger Book Club discussion of Flora Carr’s The Tower. Explore Folger collection items that relate to the novel.

The Mirror and The Light in the Folger collection
Letter from Thomas Cromwell concerning a hermit
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The Mirror and The Light in the Folger collection

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Heather Wolfe

Ahead of the US premiere of The Mirror and the Light, curator Heather Wolfe shares the juicy stories behind items in our collection related to Cromwell and Anne of Cleves.

Collection Connections: Flora Carr’s 'Tower' and the Real Wives (and Maids) of Lochleven
Printed portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots with an oval border bearing the words
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Collection Connections: Flora Carr’s 'Tower' and the Real Wives (and Maids) of Lochleven

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Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich

We revisit Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich’s March 2025 presentation as part of our Folger Book Club discussion of Flora Carr’s The Tower. Explore Folger collection items that relate to the novel.

Discovering Paolo Bozi’s Rappresentatione Del Giudicio Vniuersale
The frontispiece of the book showing the title and author above a decorative image
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Discovering Paolo Bozi’s Rappresentatione Del Giudicio Vniuersale

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Ianick Takaes

Folger Fellow Ianick Takaes explores an early modern staging of heaven and hell.

A letter from the Queen's lifelong favorite
Shakespeare and Beyond

A letter from the Queen's lifelong favorite

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Shakespeare & Beyond

A letter to Elizabeth I from the earl of Leicester, who was organizing the defense of Britain against the Spanish Armada at the time, shows their playful relationship.

The Curious Papers of the Curious Dr. Stukeley
An opening of book with an image stretched across showing two men on either side of a target shaped like a shield. One man holds a bow and one holds a hat. A fragment of printed text about archery can be seen right below the image.
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The Curious Papers of the Curious Dr. Stukeley

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Andrés Gattinoni

A look at items in the Folger collection belonging to William Stukeley, an antiquarian with an interest in Robin Hood

Seeking and Finding: Using the Collection in an Undergraduate Writing Class
A person dressed as a witch gestures while standing over an open book
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Seeking and Finding: Using the Collection in an Undergraduate Writing Class

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James Dechary Ryan Hustedt

GWU students reflect on their experience using the Folger collections in Dr. Rachel Pollack’s first-year writing course.

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