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What's onstage in February at Shakespeare theaters across America
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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What's onstage in February at Shakespeare theaters across America

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Esther French

Which Shakespeare plays are onstage this month? We check in with our theater partners Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Theater making real history
Richard II deposition scene
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Theater making real history

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In this excerpt from the Shakespeare Anniversary Lecture Series at the Folger, Yale professor Joseph Roach argues that “the theater occasionally makes real history itself, materializing it for audiences by its own expressive means, especially so during an age of…

What's onstage in January at Shakespeare theaters across America: The Henry VI trilogy and more
Romeo and Juliet
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What's onstage in January at Shakespeare theaters across America: The Henry VI trilogy and more

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Cincy Shakes and Seattle Shakespeare adapt the Henry VI plays, Nashville presents a ’90s Romeo and Juliet, and Nebraska teams up with the Omaha Symphony.

Richard III's dagger
Richard III
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Richard III's dagger

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Richard (Drew Cortese) and the Duke of York (Remy Brettell) in Richard III, directed by Robert Richmond, Folger Theatre, 2014. Photo by Teresa Wood. This is an excerpt from Yale professor Joseph Roach’s talk for the Shakespeare Anniversary Lecture Series…

Five things to look for when you watch 'The Winter's Tale'
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Five things to look for when you watch 'The Winter's Tale'

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If you’re going to see a performance of The Winter’s Tale, perhaps you’ve read the play (or maybe just the plot summary)—or maybe you’re going in cold. So, what should you look for in this Shakespeare play?

Hearing island voices: Roomful of Teeth's Caroline Shaw talks Shakespeare and 'The Tempest'
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Hearing island voices: Roomful of Teeth's Caroline Shaw talks Shakespeare and 'The Tempest'

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In this special anniversary year for Shakespeare, the Folger has commissioned Caroline Shaw to compose a new vocal piece inspired by The Tempest. Shaw, who has toured with Kanye West and is the youngest person to win the Pulitzer Prize…

What's onstage in November at Shakespeare theaters across America
Cincinnati Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing
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What's onstage in November at Shakespeare theaters across America

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Esther French

Soldiers returning home. Armies clashing in a bloody struggle for power. Government officials abusing their authority. These are the Shakespeare characters populating the post-election landscape at our theater partners around the U.S. this month. Henry VI Two of the Folger’s…

From jazzercise to Rococo garden: Four different takes on Love's Labor's Lost
The cast of William Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost, directed by Kathleen Marshall, running August 14 - September 18, 2016 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
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From jazzercise to Rococo garden: Four different takes on Love's Labor's Lost

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Esther French

In Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost, four friends forswear women so that they can focus on their studies. But, of course, as soon as they do, four lovely ladies enter their lives. Oh, what to do? Romance and comedy ensue. Four of our…

How to counteract the curse of Macbeth (er, The Scottish Play)
Macbeth dagger
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How to counteract the curse of Macbeth (er, The Scottish Play)

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Don’t say “Macbeth” in a theater, or you’ll be cursed. Or at least that’s how the old superstition goes. That’s why you’ll often hear actors refer to it as “The Scottish Play.” It’s one of many stories connected with the performance…

What happens when actors, musicians, and scholars collaborate on a Restoration Shakespeare play
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What happens when actors, musicians, and scholars collaborate on a Restoration Shakespeare play

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Participants watch as directors Amanda Eubanks Winkler and Richard Schoch give preliminary stagings to the actors and dancers, for Gildon’s 1700 adaptation of “Measure for Measure.” Part of the November 2014 Folger Institute weekend workshop, “Performing Restoration Shakespeare.” Part of…

Measure for Measure + Dido and Aeneas: A Shakespeare-opera mash-up from 1699 takes the stage
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Measure for Measure + Dido and Aeneas: A Shakespeare-opera mash-up from 1699 takes the stage

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Sometimes characterized as a “problem play,” Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure was first performed in the early 1600’s and was printed in the 1623 First Folio where it is listed as a comedy. During the Restoration, many of Shakespeare’s plays were adapted to suit the times, and…

Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice': Perpetuating stereotypes or sparking much-needed conversations?
Shylock in District Merchants
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Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice': Perpetuating stereotypes or sparking much-needed conversations?

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Matthew Boston (Shylock) in District Merchants, a variation on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. Folger Theatre, 2016. Photo by Teresa Wood. Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice ends badly for Shylock, with the court ruling against him and his claim on Antonio’s…

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