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The Folger is closing at 4:30pm on Sunday, February 23, for a staff training exercise. Normal hours will resume when the Folger opens on Tuesday, February 25, at 11:00am.
Fellow Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich explores what a stage direction about Blackamoors might mean.
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