The sultry D.C. summer is winding down, but things are just heating up at Folger Theatre where we’re preparing for our first show of the season: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 Author James Shapiro’s new book The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 considers the period when the playwright wrote three of his greatest tragedies, King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. Dr. Shapiro…
1606 was a critical year for Shakespeare, the year in which he wrote King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. It was also a time in which James I faced internal political challenges that threatened to tear England apart.
