Booking and details
Dates Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 6:30PM
Venue Exhibition Halls
Tickets Free; registration recommended
How did the words of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet make it from page to stage?
Join Dr. Carla Della Gatta, Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Maryland and dramaturg for the Folger’s current stage production of Romeo and Juliet, as she discusses objects on display that inspired the creative team’s decisions!
Registration is recommended, but drop-ins are always welcome!
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The image at the top of this page comes from one of the items on exhibit: a secret love letter from the Folger collection, written in 1611.
Director's cut: Exhibits inspired by "Romeo and Juliet"
Selected by director Raymond O. Caldwell and the Folger staff, with evocative descriptions by Caldwell, rare objects resonate with the themes of Romeo and Juliet.