Shakespeare & Beyond

It’s the heart of summer—and the perfect time to explore some recommended beach reads from the annals of our Folger Book Club!

See what the Folger’s theater partners have onstage in July. What are you planning to see this month?

In this busy travel time, try out our “Travel and Shakespeare” quiz about journeys in his plays and in real life, too.

On display: A letter from Abigail Adams and other extraordinary American items help celebrate the Fourth of July.

Michael Witmore talks about his experiences as Folger director and the recent Folger grand reopening.

Austin Tichenor on whether TikTok, like Shakespeare, is adding new words and phrases.

Shakespeare’s phrase “sermons in stones” is from a speech in As You Like It. Take this quiz to see if you can correctly order the lines.

As the Folger prepares to reopen, we turn to Shakespeare’s plays for quotations about new beginnings and fresh starts.

Explore great Shakespeare-related ideas for summer reading from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s online book club, blogs, and podcast.

Explore the new landscape and public spaces of the Folger Shakespeare Library to find touches of Shakespeare and the early modern age in which he lived.

Across the US, June features plenty of Shakespeare, plus classic stories adapted by Mary Zimmerman, Ken Ludwig, Whitney White, Heidi Armbruster, and Luis Quintero. What are you seeing onstage this month?

Shakespeare’s works are woven throughout Star Trek, but how do the current shows keep up the link? Explore that connection following the Discovery series finale.