A man of property Just outside the City of London, in the secluded streets once occupied by the monastic precinct of the Black Friars, is an unassuming warehouse building

As a supplement to the piece in The Times Literary Supplement (@thetls.bsky.social), www.the-tls.com/regular-feat..., here’s a (rather long!) thread on Shakespeare’s house in the Blackfriars, what we knew, and what we now know, with some links to key documents. (1/20)

Famous quotes from Macbeth | 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...

"Macbeth" tells a story of ambition, violent murder, and its crippling psychological aftereffects. Ahead of our staged reading of "Macbeth" with Adjoa Andoh MBE on April 25, we're looking at some of our favorite quotes from the play: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

The one (fem.) | 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. Join us online, on the road, or in Washington, DC.

New on the Collation blog! Folger Artistic Research Fellow Billy Morgan @billymorgan.bsky.social shares and contextualizes part of a fiction piece shaped by their work at the Folger: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...

Quill & Crumb cafe will be open!

Shakespeare's Birthday Celebration 2026 | Folger Shakespeare Library Celebrate Shakespeare's birthday at the Folger with fun, family-friendly activities and birthday cupcakes for all! Make an Elizabethan ruff, watch sword-fighting and printing press demonstrations, wri...

April is Shakespeare's birthday month and we're celebrating with a ton of free activities on Saturday, April 18! 🥳 Join us for stage combat, dancing, trivia, salons with Folger Fellows and, of course, cupcakes! 🧁 Details at folger.edu/birthday

Folger Consort Presents "An English Garden" - Preview A spokesperson says--- “...During the Tudor period, the English developed an obsession for highly manicured gardens that enticed all the senses. There were a

A concert sampling of 16th-century music-- striving to feel light like a garden...Click the link to read the preview...

@folger.edu #DCMusic #PictureThisPostMusic #EmilyNoël #HollyTwyford #RobertEisenstein #LawrenceLipnik #MarkRimple #MarySpringfels

The Improvised Shakespeare Company | 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...

What happens when a Shakespeare play is made up in real time? On the "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast, we had the pleasure of talking to Blaine Swen and Ross Bryant of The Improvised Shakespeare Company about creating an unscripted performance. 🎧 www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

"The Infant Shakespeare Attended by Nature and the Passions" is, without a doubt, one of the strangest paintings in the Folger collection. Let's dig into it: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

If you're in DC a week Saturday come to the @folger.edu for Shakespeare's Birthday. Bonus! Hear me talk about terrible haircuts of the past and Tudor MAGA www.folger.edu/whats-on/sha...

A classic Shakespeare story gets a DC twist YouTube video by WUSA9

Folger Theatre's "As You Like It" brings "joy throughout." Tsilala Brock (Rosalind) and Ahmad Kamal (Touchstone) spoke to WUSA 9 about this DC-centric production, on stage through April 19. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o5v...

‘As You Like It’ at Folger Theatre serves as love letter to DC The production of “As You Like It” at Folger Theatre gives nods to D.C. in its set design, atmosphere, and music.

Love, merriment, and hopefully a happy ending! Tsilala Brock (Rosalind), Ahmad Kamal (Touchstone), and Gisela Estrada (Scenic Designer) spoke with @dcnewsnow.bsky.social about the joys of Folger Theatre's "As You Like It" (on stage through April 19). www.dcnewsnow.com/living-local...

Famous quotes from Richard II | 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...

"Richard II" opens Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy of English history plays and is one of Shakespeare’s most eloquent works. Explore some of the most well-known lines, in order of their appearance in the play, on our blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

"There's more backstabbing in this place than a Shakespearean tragedy": The Traitors and Shakespearean Vibes | 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...

I wrote about NBC Peacock's The Traitors use of Shakespeare as a vibe and an aesthetic. Thanks to @folger.edu for letting me share this on their Shakespeare and Beyond blog! www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Announcing Folger Consort's 50th Anniversary Season! 💛 The golden anniversary season features four superb concerts: "Monteverdi's Legacy," "An English Christmas for the Ages," "Folktales and Storied Traditions," and "Folger Consort's Golden Jubilee." Subscribe now:
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For the Love of Laughter: Early Modern Improv and Comedy | 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...

For an early April Fool's Day treat, enjoy this selection of collection items that showcase the weird and wonderful history of early modern comedy. Brought to you by our own @sbschliep.bsky.social and @egiddens.bsky.social: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...

Richard II and the divine right of kings | 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...

In an excerpt from "Thinking Through Shakespeare," author David Womersley looks at "Richard II" and how the monarch misunderstands the divine right of kings in ways that lead to his eventual downfall. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Announcing Folger Theatre's 2026/27 Season! 📣 The season begins with Shakespeare’s "Measure for Measure," then Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy "Hamlet," followed by one of Shakespeare’s treasured comedies. The Reading Room Festival returns in January 2027. www.folger.edu/tickets/subs...

Shakespeare's Heroines Illustrated | 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...

"Shakespeare’s Unruly Women," a 1997 Folger exhibition, focused primarily on the ways in which Shakespeare’s heroines were appropriated into the moral, literary, and theatrical culture of the 19th century. For Women's History Month, we're revising it on our blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

📷 : The cast of "As You Like It" photographed by Brittany Diliberto.

"AS YOU LIKE IT" IS NOW EXTENDED! 🎉 🥂 ❤️ 🌳 If you haven't had a chance to see Folger Theatre's "splendidly sharp-witted, joyful, and highly entertaining" (Tom Navratil, Washington Unbound) production, you can see it now through April 19.
🎟️ : folger.edu/ayli

Shakespeare quotes about spring | 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...

We’re celebrating the upcoming start of spring with Shakespeare quotes about the season—a time of renewal, rebirth, and new beginnings. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Shakespeare Championships | 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...

Welcome to the Shakespeare Championships bracket! As our own form of March Madness (or maybe just madness in general), we’re running a bracket of your favorite plays. Head over to our IG stories to vote! More info at the link: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Quiz: How well do you know As You Like It? | 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...

"As You Like It" offers an abundance of pleasures, among them memorable songs, one of Shakespeare’s best-loved female characters, Rosalind, and the Seven Ages of Man speech. But how much do you know about the details of the play? Test your knowledge with this quiz. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Thinking Through Shakespeare, with David Womersley | 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...

In "Thinking Through Shakespeare" from @princetonupress.bsky.social, scholar David Womersley suggests that Shakespeare's plays offer a way of exploring some of the deepest questions about human life. Listen to the "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast:
www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

DC's own KOKAYI is a grammy-nominated artist, MC, a producer, a published author, and more. He's the composer for both our production of "As You Like It" and Mosaic Theater Company's upcoming "Young John Lewis." He spoke to the Theater District podcast: www.theaterdistrictdc.com/kokayi

What are the Ides of March—and why do they matter? | Folger Shakespeare Library "Beware the Ideas of March!" But what are the Ides of March? And how did Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" help cement them in the popular imagination?

The Ides of March have not yet come or gone...but they're on their way! On the blog, we explore what "Ides" are and how Shakespeare helped cement them in the popular imagination: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Undergraduate Research at the Folger: Imagining Shakespeare's School Days | 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...

Over on the Collation, we take a look at Edwin Austin Abbey's snowy Stratford scene of "The Guild Chapel & Grammar School," and what it illustrates about Shakespeare's life: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...

Five questions | As You Like It | Folger Shakespeare Library "As You Like It" is one of Shakespeare's festive comedies, but there are also heavier themes in this delightful play. We asked Folger Director Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper for her take on Shakespeare's belo...

"As You Like It" is a sparkling story of love, hidden identity, and an escape to a world beyond society’s strictures. But there are also heavier themes. We asked Folger Director Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper for her take on Shakespeare’s beloved comedy. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

The power of Arden in As You Like It, then and now | 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...

On the blog, we're exploring collection items from early 20th century outdoor performances of "As You Like It" and designs from the Folger's upcoming production: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Actors Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Victorian 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...

Henry Irving and Ellen Terry were beloved for their Shakespeare performances, particularly notable pairs like Hamlet and Ophelia and Benedick and Beatrice. New additions to the Folger collection show the acclaimed artists at work and play in Victorian England: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...