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The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. — home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection — is emerging from a four-year metamorphosis that has left it almost entirely ...
After an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming approach — and all 82 of its First Folios on view. By Jennifer Schuessler Jennifer Schuessler ...
The title page of one of the Folger’s First Folios. Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library Future titan of industry Henry Clay Folger Jr. lived the first part of his life in Dickensian poverty.
The newly renovated Folger Shakespeare Library will host a ribbon cutting this Friday near Capitol Hill. WTOP got a special sneak peek of the new digs that were remarkably built underneath the ...
“Who was Shakespeare?” This is how the new exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library begins. Starting June 21 — and following major renovations to the interior and exterior of the ...
The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare, and is a ...
WASHINGTON — The Folger Shakespeare Library, which houses the world's largest Shakespeare collection, reopened in June following a four-year renovation. The transformation of the library now ...
Folger Theatre has revealed its 2025-26 season at the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill, featuring three productions. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Why are the plays of William Shakespeare still so popular 400 years after his death? "Sunday Morning" talks with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and actor Patrick Page about the Bard's enduring ...
Why are the plays of William Shakespeare still so popular four hundred years after the Bard's death? Correspondent Mo Rocca ...