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As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, we're exploring the larger-than-life role played by an English playwright from more than 400 years ago in American entertainment, education, and history. Here's our round-up of blogs and podcasts on Shakespeare's influence: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Shakespeare and America | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:24 PM
As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, we're exploring the larger-than-life role played by an English playwright from more than 400 years ago in American entertainment, education, and history. Here's our round-up of blogs and podcasts on Shakespeare's influence: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
The Folger is pleased to announce Adjoa Andoh MBE as the inaugural resident in its new Director’s Residency program. The Director’s Residency aims to connect a prominent artist or thinker with the resources of the Folger in order to engage with Shakespeare and the humanities in innovative ways.
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The Folger is pleased to announce Adjoa Andoh MBE as the inaugural resident in its new Director’s Residency program. The Director’s Residency aims to connect a prominent artist or thinker with the resources of the Folger in order to engage with Shakespeare and the humanities in innovative ways.
John Douglas Thompson of HBO's "The Gilded Age" joins the cast of our Reading Room Festival's LEAR! The Tony Award nominee is the recipient of 2 Drama Desk Awards, 3 Obie Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award. See LEAR Sat, Jan 24, at 8pm. www.folger.edu/whats-on/lea...
January 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
John Douglas Thompson of HBO's "The Gilded Age" joins the cast of our Reading Room Festival's LEAR! The Tony Award nominee is the recipient of 2 Drama Desk Awards, 3 Obie Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award. See LEAR Sat, Jan 24, at 8pm. www.folger.edu/whats-on/lea...
Folger Artist Fellow Dominick Porras drew inspiration from our collection’s 16th-century books about the colonization of the Americas for his new triptych, "de Bry’s Slipsteam." Read our our blog for more about Porras' exhibition at the Folger, on view through Feb 15. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Artist Dominick Porras Reconstructs Classical Narratives of the Americas | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Folger Artist Fellow Dominick Porras drew inspiration from our collection’s 16th-century books about the colonization of the Americas for his new triptych, "de Bry’s Slipsteam." Read our our blog for more about Porras' exhibition at the Folger, on view through Feb 15. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Do you ever hear a famous quotation and wonder who said or wrote it? If someone does not know the answer, they sometimes credit it to Shakespeare—even if the person who came up with the line is a well-known figure who may have lived centuries after Shakespeare. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Quiz: Who said (or wrote) that? | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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January 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Do you ever hear a famous quotation and wonder who said or wrote it? If someone does not know the answer, they sometimes credit it to Shakespeare—even if the person who came up with the line is a well-known figure who may have lived centuries after Shakespeare. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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CfA 📢Folger Institute Short-Term Fellowships for 2026-2027 @folger.edu
🏦Folger Shakespeare Library |🌍Washington DC
⏰Deadline: 15 January 2026
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🏦Folger Shakespeare Library |🌍Washington DC
⏰Deadline: 15 January 2026
🔗 www.folger.edu/research/the...
#callforpapers #Fellowships
Short-term Fellowships | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
CfA 📢Folger Institute Short-Term Fellowships for 2026-2027 @folger.edu
🏦Folger Shakespeare Library |🌍Washington DC
⏰Deadline: 15 January 2026
🔗 www.folger.edu/research/the...
#callforpapers #Fellowships
🏦Folger Shakespeare Library |🌍Washington DC
⏰Deadline: 15 January 2026
🔗 www.folger.edu/research/the...
#callforpapers #Fellowships
Folger Fellows, staff, program participants, and undergraduates contributed to another great year on our Collation blog. Explore the top five posts here: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
@heatherwolfe.bsky.social @leahhampton.bsky.social
@heatherwolfe.bsky.social @leahhampton.bsky.social
Top five Collation blog posts of 2025 | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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January 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Folger Fellows, staff, program participants, and undergraduates contributed to another great year on our Collation blog. Explore the top five posts here: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
@heatherwolfe.bsky.social @leahhampton.bsky.social
@heatherwolfe.bsky.social @leahhampton.bsky.social
Why does Samuel Pepys's diary still matter today, 200 years after its publication? Historian Kate Loveman @samuelpepys.bsky.social shares how Pepys's diary illuminates life in Restoration England and how his diary has been edited over the centuries. Listen now: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Diary | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Why does Samuel Pepys's diary still matter today, 200 years after its publication? Historian Kate Loveman @samuelpepys.bsky.social shares how Pepys's diary illuminates life in Restoration England and how his diary has been edited over the centuries. Listen now: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
It's not too late to revisit the best of 2025. Here are our top five "Shakespeare and Beyond" blogs of last year: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Top five Shakespeare & Beyond blog posts of 2025 | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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January 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
It's not too late to revisit the best of 2025. Here are our top five "Shakespeare and Beyond" blogs of last year: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Shakespeare’s tragedy "King Lear" explores power, loyalty, and betrayal though some of Shakespeare’s most memorable language. On the blog, explore some of the most well-known lines, in order of their appearance in the play.
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Famous quotes from King Lear | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Shakespeare’s tragedy "King Lear" explores power, loyalty, and betrayal though some of Shakespeare’s most memorable language. On the blog, explore some of the most well-known lines, in order of their appearance in the play.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Happy Twelfth Night! 🥳 Shakespeare didn't write any plays about Christmas, but he did write one for the festive season. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Celebrating Twelfth Night | Folger Shakespeare Library
Shakespeare didn't write any plays about Christmas – but he did write one for the festive season. More on "Twelfth Night" and its origins in the holiday of Twelfth Night.
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January 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Happy Twelfth Night! 🥳 Shakespeare didn't write any plays about Christmas, but he did write one for the festive season. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
In need of a great pod to listen to while you travel this holiday? 🎧 From actor Simon Russell Beale on "Hamlet" and "Titus" to director Rosa Joshi on "Julius Caesar," here are our most popular podcasts of 2025. Find them all here: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Top five Shakespeare Unlimited podcast episodes of 2025 | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In need of a great pod to listen to while you travel this holiday? 🎧 From actor Simon Russell Beale on "Hamlet" and "Titus" to director Rosa Joshi on "Julius Caesar," here are our most popular podcasts of 2025. Find them all here: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
A 1915 postcard written by Scottish-born actor Robert B. Mantell unlocks Jamaican history for scholar and Folger Fellow Jareema Hylton. New on the Collation blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
"Greetings from Jamaica" | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A 1915 postcard written by Scottish-born actor Robert B. Mantell unlocks Jamaican history for scholar and Folger Fellow Jareema Hylton. New on the Collation blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
Under the leadership of Patricia Akhimie, the Folger Institute has embraced flexibility and inclusion as guiding principles, expanding the reach of its programs and fellowships to a broader community of researchers and artists. More about the exciting possibilities: www.folger.edu/blogs/folger...
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Under the leadership of Patricia Akhimie, the Folger Institute has embraced flexibility and inclusion as guiding principles, expanding the reach of its programs and fellowships to a broader community of researchers and artists. More about the exciting possibilities: www.folger.edu/blogs/folger...
The Boydell Gallery was visited by everyone who was anyone, from Jane Austen to the Prince of Wales. Its walls were hung floor to ceiling with paintings of pivotal scenes from Shakespeare’s plays. But why make a gallery devoted to Shakespeare? And who was Boydell?
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www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Imagining Shakespeare on Canvas | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Boydell Gallery was visited by everyone who was anyone, from Jane Austen to the Prince of Wales. Its walls were hung floor to ceiling with paintings of pivotal scenes from Shakespeare’s plays. But why make a gallery devoted to Shakespeare? And who was Boydell?
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Today, holiday favorite mince pies are filled with dried fruit, but in Shakespeare’s time they included meat. Food historian @mrssbilton.bsky.social thinks the savory version is due for a comeback. She shares a recipe from her new book, "Much Ado About Cooking." www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Mince pies for the holidays | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Today, holiday favorite mince pies are filled with dried fruit, but in Shakespeare’s time they included meat. Food historian @mrssbilton.bsky.social thinks the savory version is due for a comeback. She shares a recipe from her new book, "Much Ado About Cooking." www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
There's still so much to do at the Folger this winter! Join us for a family sing-along, a walk-up tour, or a day of shopping and gift wrapping. 🎁 Details at: folger.edu/frostfair
Folger Frost Fair | Folger Shakespeare Library
Celebrate the season with a month-long winter festival at the Folger. Enjoy festive decorations, holiday music, free activities, and more.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There's still so much to do at the Folger this winter! Join us for a family sing-along, a walk-up tour, or a day of shopping and gift wrapping. 🎁 Details at: folger.edu/frostfair
Interested in being a successful "true" widow in early modern England? Leave behind the music and singing for sighing and mourning, for one. @mariacannon.bsky.social investigates guidelines for widows in the Folger collection and beyond. #skystorian #bookhistory
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How to be a true widow in early modern England | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Interested in being a successful "true" widow in early modern England? Leave behind the music and singing for sighing and mourning, for one. @mariacannon.bsky.social investigates guidelines for widows in the Folger collection and beyond. #skystorian #bookhistory
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
Celebrating our "seductively cheeky" production of "Twelfth Night," which made the Washington Post's top 10 plays and musicals of 2025! 🎉 👯 We adored this production and we're glad you did too. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Our top 10 plays and musicals of 2025 had no celebrities (except one)
The No. 1 pick is still playing, and you should buy a ticket.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Celebrating our "seductively cheeky" production of "Twelfth Night," which made the Washington Post's top 10 plays and musicals of 2025! 🎉 👯 We adored this production and we're glad you did too. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Holidays, feasts, and celebrated events are sprinkled throughout Shakespeare’s plays. Get in the spirit and try our quiz about holidays in Shakespeare’s life and in his plays.
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www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Quiz: Holidays and Shakespeare | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Holidays, feasts, and celebrated events are sprinkled throughout Shakespeare’s plays. Get in the spirit and try our quiz about holidays in Shakespeare’s life and in his plays.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
As we near the end of 2025, we want to share a first glimpse at ideas for the upcoming year from a few members of the Folger’s leadership team. David Kilpatrick, the new Director of Learning and Education Programs, shares his hopes for education at the Folger. www.folger.edu/blogs/folger...
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
As we near the end of 2025, we want to share a first glimpse at ideas for the upcoming year from a few members of the Folger’s leadership team. David Kilpatrick, the new Director of Learning and Education Programs, shares his hopes for education at the Folger. www.folger.edu/blogs/folger...
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HAMNET opened yesterday and you should all see it. I shared my thoughts over @folger.edu, but suffice to say Jessie Buckley is a force of nature and I can’t wait to see it again.
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"Enter Anne:" Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet on film | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
HAMNET opened yesterday and you should all see it. I shared my thoughts over @folger.edu, but suffice to say Jessie Buckley is a force of nature and I can’t wait to see it again.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
We’re sharing some of the Shakespeare stories in the news this fall, including "Hamnet" on the big screen, a new discovery in "Shakespeare Quarterly" about a manuscript long attributed to Shakespeare’s father, remembering writer Tom Stoppard, and more.
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www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Shakespeare in the news | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We’re sharing some of the Shakespeare stories in the news this fall, including "Hamnet" on the big screen, a new discovery in "Shakespeare Quarterly" about a manuscript long attributed to Shakespeare’s father, remembering writer Tom Stoppard, and more.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Folger Shakespeare Library director Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper joined @reduced.bsky.social podcast to discuss her new book "All the World’s Your Stage, her surprising favorite Shakespeare play, Shakespearean mythbusting, and more!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...
Farah Karim-Cooper - Reduced Shakespeare Company
Folger Shakespeare Library director Farah Karim-Cooper's new book All the World's Your Stage explores for readers of all ages the life and times of William Shakespeare through eight of his most popula...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Folger Shakespeare Library director Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper joined @reduced.bsky.social podcast to discuss her new book "All the World’s Your Stage, her surprising favorite Shakespeare play, Shakespearean mythbusting, and more!
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...
www.reducedshakespeare.com/2025/11/fara...
"Hamnet," Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed novel, is now a major film. On the podcast, O'Farrell and director Chloé Zhao discuss adapting the story of Shakespeare's son, reimagining Shakespeare as a husband and father, and building the film's vivid world: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
Hamnet, with Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Hamnet," Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed novel, is now a major film. On the podcast, O'Farrell and director Chloé Zhao discuss adapting the story of Shakespeare's son, reimagining Shakespeare as a husband and father, and building the film's vivid world: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...