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Five Faces of Shakespeare
Miss C.B. Currie. Miniature, Cosway binding, 1928. James Boaden, An Inquiry into the Authenticity of Various Pictures. 1824. Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Five Faces of Shakespeare

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Esther Ferington

Among the many treasures of the Folger is a lavish “Cosway binding” that includes five unique miniatures by a 20th-century British artist, “Miss C. B. Currie,” based on the images from the book itself. One of the oddest to modern…

Explore promptbooks from the 1950s festival Shakespeare Under the Stars
King Henry VIII prompt book
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Explore promptbooks from the 1950s festival Shakespeare Under the Stars

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Esther French

The Folger collection contains a number of prompt books from Shakespeare Under the Stars productions, which were gifts from Arthur Lithgow.

What's my line? Exploring promptbooks for Othello
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What's my line? Exploring promptbooks for Othello

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Ben Lauer

Promptbooks let us peer into the minds of some of history’s greatest theater-makers and see how they imagined Shakespeare’s plays.

The game's the thing
Shakespeare games
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The game's the thing

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Erin Sullivan

See examples of creative and beautifully illustrated card games and board games in the Folger collection that use Shakespeare quotes and make references to his plays.

Play scripts as you like them
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Play scripts as you like them

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Sarah Hovde

Promptbooks help stage managers and actors keep their, er, act straight. Explore these ‘As You Like It’ promptbooks from the Folger collection.

The Elizabethan Garden: 11 plants Shakespeare would have known well
Elizabethan Garden
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The Elizabethan Garden: 11 plants Shakespeare would have known well

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Esther French

The text for this blog post is adapted from an article in the Summer 2009 issue of Folger Magazine. Shakespeare, who grew up in a riverside country town and was the grandchild of prosperous farmers, refers with familiarity to an extraordinary number of plants…

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