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How popular was Shakespeare in his day?
Shakespeare is seated at a desk and is writing, but looking up; the open window behind him has a vista of the city
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How popular was Shakespeare in his day?

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In an excerpt from a classic Shakespeare Unlimited podcast episode, Emma Smith explores a fascinating question: how popular was Shakespeare in his lifetime?

Excerpt: "Shakespeare's House"
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Excerpt: "Shakespeare's House"

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“When it came to Elizabethan furniture, you could never be completely certain that it wasn’t bewitched,” writes Richard Schoch.

Shakespeare's birthplace: Embellishing an ordinary home
Shakespeare's Birthplace
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Shakespeare's birthplace: Embellishing an ordinary home

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Richard Schoch

Richard Schoch examines the first published image of William Shakespeare’s birthplace from 1769, reflecting on the transformation of a humble home into a significant tourist site in Stratford-upon-Avon.

"Painter’s art": Biofictional perspectives on Shakespeare
Austin Tichenor as William Shakespeare
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"Painter’s art": Biofictional perspectives on Shakespeare

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Austin Tichenor

Austin Tichenor as William Shakespeare in William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), Folger Theatre, 2016. Photo by Teresa Wood. Depictions of William Shakespeare in fictional works are animated by the same impulse behind fanfiction — to fill in the…

Shakespeare and marriage, in his plays and in his own life
Wedding in As You Like It
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Shakespeare and marriage, in his plays and in his own life

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Karen Lyon

What did William Shakespeare think of marriage, based on how he wrote about it in his plays and what we know about his union with Anne Hathaway?

Shakespeare Documented, coming soon
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Shakespeare Documented, coming soon

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Heather Wolfe

It is almost 2016! For the Folger Shakespeare Library, that means we are about to kick off The Wonder of Will, 400 Years of Shakespeare, and one of the first initiatives we have planned as part of our year-long commemoration is Shakespeare Documented.…

Buzz or honey? Shakespeare's Beehive raises questions
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Buzz or honey? Shakespeare's Beehive raises questions

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Heather Wolfe Michael Witmore

Shakespeare’s birthday week begins with a bang: two New York booksellers, George Koppelman and Daniel Wechsler, announced that they have found Shakespeare’s dictionary. In their new book, Shakespeare’s Beehive, Koppelman and Wechsler present their reasons for believing that William Shakespeare…