On May 4, 2023 the Folger’s virtual book club continues with a discussion of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of Folger resources related to Shakespeare, gaming, and grief.
EXPLORE different ways digital technologies are applied to Shakespeare
- Continuing the celebration: Preserving birthday-related digital ephemera
- Digital humanities and Macbeth’s “creepiest” word
- Hamlet 360: Virtual Reality Shakespeare
- The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Digital Tempest
LEARN more about Shakespeare and gaming
- The game’s the thing (by presenter Dr. Erin Sullivan)
- Gaming and grieving with Shakespeare: Gabrielle Zevin’s new novel puts the ghostliness in gameplay
- Fortune’s Fools: early tarot cards
- Rough Magic: Performing Shakespeare Through Gaming Technology
REFLECT on early modern approaches to death and grieving
- Dancing Skeletons and Human Hair: Remembrance, Memento Mori, and Material Culture
- Three chords and the truth
- The art of dying
DISCOVER Shakespeare’s own sources of inspiration
- Shakespeare’s muses: The magic in his method
- Jonathan Bate on the Classics and Shakespeare
- Shakespeare and Folktales
We would like to thank the following organization for its generous support of this program
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Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis
Little Books, Big Gifts: The Artistry of Esther Inglis
Explore Esther Inglis's life and work as an early modern influencer and as the first woman in Britain to preface her works with selfies, in this exhibition 400 years after her death.
Through Sun, Jan 19, 2025
Folger Book Club:
Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma
Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma
Folger Book Club: Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma
Our November book club selection is a contemporary romance adaptation of Taming of the Shrew set in a New Jersey South Asian community.
Thu, Nov 7, 2024, 6:30pm
Gallery Talk: Romeo and Juliet On Stage
Gallery Talk: Romeo and Juliet On Stage
Join Dr. Carla Della Gatta, dramaturg for the Folger's current stage production of Romeo and Juliet, as she discusses objects on display that inspired the creative team's decisions.
Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 6:30PM
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