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Folger Shakespeare Library
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Folger Shakespeare Library Portrait of Henry Clay Folger with neatly combed hair, full beard, and mustache, wearing a dark suit and tie. Folger Theatre Witmore, Michael; Folger Shakespeare Library
View a tutorial on the safe handling of rare books, manuscripts, and prints by the staff of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Reading Room The main reading room in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Learn about the characters of Othello as discussed by the cast and crew of a Folger Shakespeare Library production
Hear a critical analysis of Hamlet's character in William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Know about Wyndham Lewis illustration for William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens at the Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Among the best books about the Folger legacy is Stephen H. Grant, Collecting Shakespeare: The Story of Henry and Emily Folger (2014). A useful volume about the Folger collection is Esther Ferington (ed.), Infinite Variety: Exploring the Folger Shakespeare Library (2002).

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Type Description Contributor Date
Media added. May 15, 2017
Add new Web site: Folger Shakespeare Library - History - Biography of Henry Clay and Emily Jordan Folger. Nov 16, 2016
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Washington DC - Folger Shakespeare Library. Nov 16, 2016
Media added. Mar 31, 2016
Bibliography revised. Mar 15, 2016
Media added. Apr 14, 2009
Added new Web site: The Official Site of the Folger Shakespeare Library. May 31, 2006
Article revised. Mar 31, 2004
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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