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We love showcasing the work of undergraduate students! On the Collation blog, Riley Martin talks about her time exploring the collection as part of the @gwu1821.bsky.social course "Art in the Age of Shakespeare":
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Undergraduate Research at the Folger: Why Shakespeare Keeps Returning to Ovid | 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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February 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
We love showcasing the work of undergraduate students! On the Collation blog, Riley Martin talks about her time exploring the collection as part of the @gwu1821.bsky.social course "Art in the Age of Shakespeare":
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
Shakespeare’s plays are well stocked with merchants of Venice, gentlemen of Verona, and other Italian characters. But what did Shakespeare—and his audiences—really know about such distant places and people? www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Shakespeare and Italy | 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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February 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Shakespeare’s plays are well stocked with merchants of Venice, gentlemen of Verona, and other Italian characters. But what did Shakespeare—and his audiences—really know about such distant places and people? www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
"All the world’s a stage/ And all the men and women merely players." We're delighted to announce *our* players for "As You Like It." Envisioned by Folger Theatre Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels and directed by Timothy Douglas, it's on stage March 10-April 12.
🎫 : folger.edu/AYL
🎫 : folger.edu/AYL
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
"All the world’s a stage/ And all the men and women merely players." We're delighted to announce *our* players for "As You Like It." Envisioned by Folger Theatre Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels and directed by Timothy Douglas, it's on stage March 10-April 12.
🎫 : folger.edu/AYL
🎫 : folger.edu/AYL
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We often pigeonhole people as either a "maths " or an "arts“ person, but in Shakespeare’s time this divide didn’t exist.
I spoke with @Folger.edu about why looking at Shakespeare through the eyes of a mathematician can help students to appreciate both disciplines. www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
I spoke with @Folger.edu about why looking at Shakespeare through the eyes of a mathematician can help students to appreciate both disciplines. www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
Shakespeare and Mathematics | 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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February 1, 2026 at 9:39 AM
We often pigeonhole people as either a "maths " or an "arts“ person, but in Shakespeare’s time this divide didn’t exist.
I spoke with @Folger.edu about why looking at Shakespeare through the eyes of a mathematician can help students to appreciate both disciplines. www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
I spoke with @Folger.edu about why looking at Shakespeare through the eyes of a mathematician can help students to appreciate both disciplines. www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
19th-century American actor Ira Aldridge is remembered as a pioneering performer who refused to let racism keep him from his passion for Shakespeare, first in New York and then abroad. Explore more on our blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
A Man of Firsts: Black Shakespearean Actor Ira Aldridge | 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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February 2, 2026 at 10:07 PM
19th-century American actor Ira Aldridge is remembered as a pioneering performer who refused to let racism keep him from his passion for Shakespeare, first in New York and then abroad. Explore more on our blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Is your feeble Latin keeping you from finding the right early modern cure for what ails you? Look no further than "John Ward’s Latin," a 17th Century glossary of Latin medical terms and ingredients. Bob Tallaksen and @sbschliep.bsky.social explore: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
Lingua Latina Medica Accessabilis Facta, or, Medical Latin Made Accessible | 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 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Is your feeble Latin keeping you from finding the right early modern cure for what ails you? Look no further than "John Ward’s Latin," a 17th Century glossary of Latin medical terms and ingredients. Bob Tallaksen and @sbschliep.bsky.social explore: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
In our most recent blog, reference Associate Erika Giddens, who manages the Folger’s Ask a Librarian service, takes us behind the scenes to share some of the most asked questions. Any guesses what they are? www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Ask a Librarian | The Folger's most frequently asked Shakespeare questions | 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 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
In our most recent blog, reference Associate Erika Giddens, who manages the Folger’s Ask a Librarian service, takes us behind the scenes to share some of the most asked questions. Any guesses what they are? www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
We’re sharing some of the stories about Shakespeare from the news in December and January, including filmmakers continued fascination with the “To be or not to be” speech; the similarities actor Luke Thompson finds with Shakespeare and "Bridgerton," and more: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Shakespeare in the news | January 2026 | 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 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
We’re sharing some of the stories about Shakespeare from the news in December and January, including filmmakers continued fascination with the “To be or not to be” speech; the similarities actor Luke Thompson finds with Shakespeare and "Bridgerton," and more: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
In the new Collation blog series Folger Faves, Folger staff introduce you to unexpected items from the Folger vaults. William Davis, Senior Photography Associate, who just retired after nearly 33 years at the Folger, shares some of his favorite finds: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
Folger Faves: January 2026 | 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 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
In the new Collation blog series Folger Faves, Folger staff introduce you to unexpected items from the Folger vaults. William Davis, Senior Photography Associate, who just retired after nearly 33 years at the Folger, shares some of his favorite finds: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
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How sweet to learn that the 15th Century songs being performed in this Valentines Day tribute came from a heart shaped manuscript-- Click the link to read the preview in the Picture This Post Music section--
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@folger.edu #FolgerConsort #WashingtonDCMusic #DCMusic #PictureThisPostMusic #MedievalMusic
Folger Consort Presents Courtly Love Songs from 15th-Century France - Preview
A spokesperson says--- “...For this Valentine’s Day concert, many of the song selections are from the Chansonnier Cordiforme (c. 1470s), a heart-shaped man
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January 25, 2026 at 9:36 PM
How sweet to learn that the 15th Century songs being performed in this Valentines Day tribute came from a heart shaped manuscript-- Click the link to read the preview in the Picture This Post Music section--
@folger.edu #FolgerConsort #WashingtonDCMusic #DCMusic #PictureThisPostMusic #MedievalMusic
@folger.edu #FolgerConsort #WashingtonDCMusic #DCMusic #PictureThisPostMusic #MedievalMusic
Shakespeare's poetry, plots, and characters have inspired dozens of musicals, as well as comic songs and even special cameos. @austintichenor.bsky.social explores the musical theater that keeps us brushing up our Shakespeare: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
"Let's have a song:" Musicals inspired by 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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January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Shakespeare's poetry, plots, and characters have inspired dozens of musicals, as well as comic songs and even special cameos. @austintichenor.bsky.social explores the musical theater that keeps us brushing up our Shakespeare: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
While Shakespeare was reshaping English drama, Spain's Golden Age was producing its own theatrical revolution. Barbara Fuchs discusses the innovations of Lope de Vega and others and Diversifying the Classic's mission to bring plays in Spanish to new audiences. www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
Spain's Golden Age of Theater | 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 22, 2026 at 6:44 PM
While Shakespeare was reshaping English drama, Spain's Golden Age was producing its own theatrical revolution. Barbara Fuchs discusses the innovations of Lope de Vega and others and Diversifying the Classic's mission to bring plays in Spanish to new audiences. www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
Shakespeare’s "Cymbeline" combines tragic and comic elements in an improbable, plot-tangled tale in a mythic world filled with unusually powerful emotions. Check out are some of the most well-known lines: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Famous quotes from Cymbeline | 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 21, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Shakespeare’s "Cymbeline" combines tragic and comic elements in an improbable, plot-tangled tale in a mythic world filled with unusually powerful emotions. Check out are some of the most well-known lines: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
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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#callforpapers #Fellowships
🏦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...