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Masters of borrowing: Links between Shakespeare and Game of Thrones
Titus Andronicus
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Masters of borrowing: Links between Shakespeare and Game of Thrones

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Kate Long

If you’re a fan of “Game of Thrones” or “A Song of Ice and Fire,” you may have noticed some echoes from Shakespeare’s plays.

Women painting Shakespeare in the time of Jane Austen and Queen Victoria
Angelica Kauffmann painted; engraver unknown. Two Gentlemen of Verona Act 5, scene 4. ART File S528t7 no.40
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Women painting Shakespeare in the time of Jane Austen and Queen Victoria

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Georgianna Ziegler

During the late 18th and early 19th century, professional women artists in England were becoming more prominent and turning to Shakespeare for material.

Shakespeare book clubs: the pleasures and frustrations of diving into the plays with a group
Chicago Shakespeare Theater: The Taming of the Shrew
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Shakespeare book clubs: the pleasures and frustrations of diving into the plays with a group

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Austin Tichenor

It’s not unusual to see theaters sponsoring monthly or semi-regular meetings devoted to reading and talking about Shakespeare’s plays.

In the Giving Vein: The Pop-Cultural Legacy of Olivier's Richard III
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In the Giving Vein: The Pop-Cultural Legacy of Olivier's Richard III

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Austin Tichenor

With a US audience of tens of millions in its TV release at the same time it was released in American theaters, Laurence Olivier’s film “Richard III” (1955) has left a lasting, sometimes hilarious, legacy in pop culture, from Peter…

Thine Own Self
Aaron Krohn as Touchstone, in green with guitar, in As You Like It, Folger Theatre, 2017. Photo by Teresa Wood.
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Thine Own Self

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Austin Tichenor

From the question “What are you?” (Countess Olivia) to “Tell my story” (Hamlet), Austin Tichenor looks at finding your identity and telling your story, through a decidedly Shakespearean lens.

Exploring Churchill's Shakespeare
Churchill's Shakespeare opening. Allen Packwood, Georgianna Ziegler, Robert Costa. (c) Yassine El Mansouri Photography
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Exploring Churchill's Shakespeare

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Enjoy a discussion led by Washington Post journalist Robert Costa, moderator of Washington Week, with Georgianna Ziegler, curator of Churchill’s Shakespeare, and Allen Packwood, director of the Churchill Archives Centre, exploring Shakespeare’s influences on Winston Churchill.

Shakespeare and World War I
Simplicissimus. Shakespeare and Cervantes edition. April 18, 1916. Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Shakespeare and World War I

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Georgianna Ziegler

In 1916, the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death coincided with World War I, although the United States had not yet entered the conflict, yet both the US and European combatants on both sides of the war took time to honor…

This thing of darkness: Caliban and the Creature from Frankenstein
The Tempest at His Majesty's Theatre, Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Caliban. Charles A. Buchel. Tatler, 1904. Folger Shakespeare Library.
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This thing of darkness: Caliban and the Creature from Frankenstein

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Austin Tichenor

As Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” marks its 200th anniversary (and with Halloween on its way), Austin Tichenor explores the parallels between the Creature from “Frankenstein” and Caliban from “The Tempest” and their fictional creators: Frankenstein and Prospero–as well as what…

Shakespeare Uncovered debuts its third season
F. Murray Abraham in Shakespeare Uncovered. Photo: Rory Mulvey
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Shakespeare Uncovered debuts its third season

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The TV series “Shakespeare Uncovered” returns this Friday, October 12, with richly visual episodes. Watch video previews of Helen Hunt on “Much Ado About Nothing” and F. Murray Abraham on “The Merchant of Venice.”

Discovering Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play
William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)
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Discovering Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play

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Austin Tichenor

Austin Tichenor of the Reduced Shakespeare Company writes about the creation of William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged).

Thomas Jefferson and Shakespeare
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Thomas Jefferson and Shakespeare

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“Shakespeare must be singled out by one who wishes to learn the full powers of the English language,” Thomas Jefferson wrote.

Ungenial geniuses: Shaw on Shakespeare
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Ungenial geniuses: Shaw on Shakespeare

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We revisit an essay about Shakespeare and Shaw from the 1994 Folger exhibition “Roasting the Swan of Avon: Shakespeare’s Redoubtable Enemies and Dubious Friends.”

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