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Julius Caesar meets Julius X
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Julius Caesar meets Julius X

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Johnna Champion

Discover books, costume sketches, and theatrical props for Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in the Folger collection along with items from Folger Theatre’s production of Al Letson’s Julius X: A Re-envisioning of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. 

Al Letson on his play Julius X
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Al Letson on his play Julius X

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Journalist, playwright, and poet Al Letson talks about Julius X, his play that borrows lines, characters, and plot from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar to tell the story of Malcolm X. He shares the play’s origins and his approach to creating art.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in September
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in September

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Check out what’s playing at our Shakespeare theater partners this September.

Folger Finds: Women and Shakespeare
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Folger Finds: Women and Shakespeare

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Johnna Champion

Explore First Folios owned by two 17th-century women, a prop dagger used by a leading actress of the late 19th century, and scripts and programs from a 20th-century women’s theater in Japan that’s still performing Shakespeare today.

Director Rosa Joshi on Julius Caesar Today
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Director Rosa Joshi on Julius Caesar Today

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Rosa Joshi’s bold staging of Julius Caesar at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, performed entirely by women and nonbinary actors, reframes Shakespeare’s political thriller for today’s fight against autocracy.

What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in August
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What's onstage at Shakespeare theaters in August

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See what’s playing at our Shakespeare Theater Partners around the country this August.

Inside Hamlet’s Head with Jeremy McCarter
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Inside Hamlet’s Head with Jeremy McCarter

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A six-episode podcast drops you inside Hamlet from the prince’s POV. Director Jeremy McCarter explains how 21st-century technology unlocked a fresh take on Shakespeare’s tragedy.

What's onstage in July
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What's onstage in July

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See what’s playing at our Shakespeare Theater Partners around the country this July.

Staging Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto
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Staging Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto

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When theaters shut down during COVID, actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen performed Hamlet inside Grand Theft Auto Online. Filmmaker Pinny Grylls captured it all in a documentary, Grand Theft Hamlet.

Simon Russell Beale on Shakespeare, from Hamlet to Titus
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Simon Russell Beale on Shakespeare, from Hamlet to Titus

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Called “the finest actor of his generation,” Beale has played just about everyone in Shakespeare’s canon. He reflects on the roles that have shaped his career and how his approach has evolved over time.

Shakespeare’s Boy Player Alexander Cooke
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Shakespeare’s Boy Player Alexander Cooke

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In Shakespeare’s time, women onstage were played by boys, and for those boy players, fame could be fleeting. Nicole Galland’s novel Boy follows Alexander “Sander” Cooke, a real-life actor in Shakespeare’s company.

Black Theater Artists and Shakespeare
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Black Theater Artists and Shakespeare

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To commemorate Black History Month, we’re sharing interviews with acclaimed Black theater artists—actors, directors, playwrights—and scholars about performing and adapting Shakespeare, then and now.

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