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As part of our America's Next 250 series, scholar Gail Kern Paster explores the meanings of the word happiness in use when Jefferson was writing the Declaration of Independence. Those different definitions also appear in Shakespeare, a writer whom Jefferson admired. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Jefferson, Shakespeare, and the pursuit of happiness | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

When scholar @carolinebicks.bsky.social gained unprecedented access to Stephen King's personal archives, she discovered that the Bard of Avon and the King of Horror have more in common than you might think. More on the "Shakespeare Unlimited" pod: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

Shakespeare and Stephen King, with Caroline Bicks | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

Traveling the world to see as many Shakespeare First Folio as possible, Greg Doran views an unusual copy at the Craven Museum, one in which all the comedies have been removed. More in this excerpt from Doran's new book, "Walking Shadow," on our blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

A First Folio in North Yorkshire | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

In the next entry in our "America's Next 250" series, James Shapiro looks at how Shakespeare has always “served as a canary in a coal mine, alerting us to threats to our fragile democracy.” He offers as a recent example the Public Theater’s 2017 "Julius Caesar." www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

What's past is prologue | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

One of Shakespeare’s most-performed plays—and for many the first Shakespeare that they read in school, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream features" four young lovers, a band of mischievous fairies, and an amateur acting troupe. Explore some of its most well-known quotes: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Famous quotes from A Midsummer Night's Dream | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

One of the central objects on exhibition in "Shakespeare and the American Story" is the first American edition of Shakespeare’s plays. The modest bindings of these volumes tell an interesting story about the evolution of the American and British book trade. www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...

230+ Years of Holding It Together | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

For the Declaration of Independence's 250th anniversary, we asked Shakespeare scholars what part he may play in America's next three centuries. Folger Director Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper begins the series with her thoughts on why Shakespeare is more essential than ever. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Shakespeare's role in America in the next 250 years | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

Shakespeare constantly evokes the sea in his plays. 🌊 Try our quiz about how seas breezes, storms, and saltwater make their way through his works: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Quiz: Shakespeare and the sea | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

In the exceptionally well-researched field of Tudor and Stuart drama, it is unusual for new plays to emerge. On the Collation blog, Alison Shell explores two rare religious dramas now in the Folger collection: www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...

Charles Parker's 'Monumenta Quaedam Poetica': A New English Jesuit Dramatic Manuscript | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

Scholar Jean E. Feerick looks at how Chloé Zhao’s film of "Hamnet" takes us back to a premodern world when people knew how deeply nature pervades us, its elemental substances forging and sustaining us. More on the "Shakespeare and Beyond" blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Hamnet's trees | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

Professor and dramaturg Sean Keilen noticed that people look to Shakespeare to answer questions like “Who am I? Why am I here? And how should I live?” On the podcast, Keilen discusses his book, "Shakespeare’s Scholars: Three Lessons from the Liberal Arts": www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

Scholars in Shakespeare, with Sean Keilen | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

In 2004, Barbie released two Shakespeare-inspired dolls for their Classic Ballet series. On the "Shakespeare and Beyond" blog we explore the origins of the dolls and the ballets they're drawn from. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Shakespeare in a Barbie world | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary in a few days, enjoy our quiz about a few of the countless aspects of Shakespeare in America, from movies and television to its tradition of outdoor performances and more. www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Quiz: Shakespeare in America | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

In an excerpt from her new book about when literature spoke truth to power during the Red Scare, critic Marjorie Garber looks at how Shakespeare inspired journalist Edward R. Murrow. "A Treacherous Secret Agent" is from @yalepress.bsky.social www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Edward R. Murrow and Shakespeare | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

"Shakespeare was able to give voice to the well of emotions I was having. It could hold all of what I was feeling. So I fell in love with it." Jacob Ming-Trent talks to the State of Shakespeare pod about how Shakespeare saved his life & "How Shakespeare Saved My Life": stateofshakespeare.com?p=9451

Jacob Ming-Trent | The State of ShakespeareMacbeth; Act 5, Scene 5 MacbethJune 24, 2026 For a poor player, strutting and fretting on the stage, sometimes words and verse can spell the difference between life and death. Jacob Ming-Trent stars i...stateofshakespeare.com

Shakespeare was familiar to George Washington and many other advocates for independence from Great Britain. They though that he embodied the American spirit and adapted him to their uniquely American needs. @heatherwolfe.bsky.social has more on the blog: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Quoting Shakespeare in early America | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

On our Collation blog, @arrannerispoli.bsky.social explores the cautionary tale of an English Civil War-era pamphlet about a barrister's descent into a life of crime and how the narrative was shaped by the political imperatives of the time. www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...

Roguery and Redemption in 'Stanleyes Remedy' (1646) | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

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James I was a multifaceted ruler who led a fascinating life. On the "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast, historian and author Gareth Russell reveals the untold story of his life and loves. www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

The Six Loves of James I | Folger Shakespeare LibraryFolger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...www.folger.edu

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a perennial Shakespeare favorite. It’s really got everything – fairies, love triangles, a man who becomes part donkey. But what is Midsummer? And what is its connection to the play? www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

The Magic of Midsummer | Folger Shakespeare Library"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a perennial Shakespeare favorite. But what is Midsummer?www.folger.edu