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ENCORES: Selections from ‘Christmas in New Spain’ performed by Folger Consort (2013)
Folger ENCORES, red theater seats fading into darkness
Folger Spotlight

ENCORES: Selections from ‘Christmas in New Spain’ performed by Folger Consort (2013)

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Folger Theatre

Folger Public Programs is pleased to present ENCORES, a weekly online series highlighting past performances and recalling the rich history of programming on the historic Folger stage. Listen as Folger Consort performs selections from its 2013 concert ‘Christmas in New…

Have yourself a merry Shakespeare Christmas
Shakespeare and Beyond

Have yourself a merry Shakespeare Christmas

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Austin Tichenor

It’s that time of year, when a certain subset of us wonder, somewhat longingly and not for the first time—what’s the closest thing we have to a Shakespeare Christmas play?

All the table's a stage: A 1619 Christmas play for food
A Christmas Messe
Shakespeare and Beyond

All the table's a stage: A 1619 Christmas play for food

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Abby Westover

In this unconventional Christmas play from 1619, the characters are different foods warring against one another for pride of place at the holiday feast.

A very special Christmas gift
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Shakespeare and Beyond

A very special Christmas gift

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Sarah Hovde

Folger Finds delivers delightful and insightful moments with the Folger collection. Sarah Hovde, a cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library, shares the story behind a book that belonged to the library’s founder. Many of us have probably given or received…

Elizabethan Holidays: Christmas, New Year's Day... and Plough Monday?
Shakespeare and Beyond

Elizabethan Holidays: Christmas, New Year's Day... and Plough Monday?

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Karen Lyon

The Twelve Days of Christmas, from December 25 to January 6, was the longest and most enthusiastically celebrated festival in the Elizabethan calendar. Presiding over the revelries throughout the twelve days was the Lord of Misrule, a clownish figure appointed to organize the entertainments.

Happy Holidays from Elizabethan England
Shakespeare and Beyond

Happy Holidays from Elizabethan England

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Karen Lyon

Some people believe that the Renaissance image of “Merry England,” a land of festivity and mirth, was a myth created during the Stuart reign by people nostalgic for the good old days before the Puritans put the kibosh on fun. But scholar Ronald Hutton, who pored through records of church ales and other gatherings, finds more than a grain of truth in the idea.