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2 - Ham. retreats twice followed by Laer.
3 - Laer. retreats twice followed by Ham.
4 - Laer. thrusts in quarte. Ham. parries

Stage combat require careful notetaking! Actor Lark Taylor created this souvenir prompt book as a record of John Barrymore's acclaimed 1922 Broadway production of "Hamlet." On the left, Taylor transcribes Hamlet's Act 5 duel with Laertes. Folger PROMPT Ham. 30 #FolgerFinds
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Swing into the season with our Summer Solstice Sal

Swing into the season with our Summer Solstice Sale! Save 20% on tickets to Folger Theatre’s upcoming “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” using the code SUMMER20 now through Thursday. Don't miss the show of the summer, kicking off July 12 at the National Building Museum. Tap the link in our bio to book now. #FolgerDream #LinkInBio
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📸: Jacob Ming-Trent as Bottom. Photo: Peggy Ryan.
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Celebrate #Juneteenth with poets Melanie Henderson

Celebrate #Juneteenth with poets Melanie Henderson and Kenneth Carroll, actress Fatima Quander, and artist Halim A. Flowers, who share their families' stories of emancipation, joy, and freedom. Tap the link in our bio to watch on-demand now!

Folger Theatre's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" opens

Folger Theatre's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" opens July 12 at the National Building Museum! Tickets start at just $20. Tap the link in our bio to book yours and enter the dream. #FolgerDream
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From our collection: a program for the 1976 season

From our collection: a program for the 1976 season of Shakespeare in the Park. The productions featured a few actors you might be familiar with: Sam Waterston, William Hurt, John Cazale, and Meryl Streep, who played Isabella in "Measure for Measure" and Katherine, the Princess of France, in "Henry V." Shakespeare in the Park turns 60 years old this year; tap the link in our bio to listen to our interview with Kenneth Turan, former film critic for @latimes and @morningedition, about Shakespeare in the Park founder Joe Papp and his work to bring free Shakespeare to the people of New York City. #FolgerFinds #ShakespeareUnlimited #LinkInBio
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Start your summer with a little news about air con

Start your summer with a little news about air conditioning. The Folger's renovation gives us the opportunity to update vital HVAC systems. Tap the link in our bio to learn about the artistry that goes into fitting together the AC systems that help preserve our collection and deliver fresh air to you. 📸: Lloyd Wolf #FolgerRenovation #LinkInBio
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This weekend, the United Kingdom celebrates Queen

This weekend, the United Kingdom celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70 years on the throne. Tap the link in our bio to take a look at five Folger collection items featuring jubilees, coronations, and royal processions. #FolgerFinds

This is Francis Sandford’s 1687 "The history of the coronation of the most high, most mighty, and most excellent monarch, James II." The book makes you feel like you were at the spectacular event, thanks to the fine details it records, whether it be a diagram of the place settings at dinner, a map of the procession route, or the intricate drawings of royal regalia arrayed for the occasion.
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The Wonder of Will: The Campaign for the Folger Sh

The Wonder of Will: The Campaign for the Folger Shakespeare Library supports the Folger's renovation and the incredible programming that will fill our new spaces when they are complete. Step behind the construction fences to discover how our renovated building will welcome generations to come.

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From the Folger's collection: a lute, built in 159

From the Folger's collection: a lute, built in 1598 in Padua by Michielle Harton. It's one of the most valuable three-dimensional objects in the collection, and one of the few surviving examples of luthier Harton's work. #FolgerFinds
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Does your book club keep a scrapbook? Now's the ti

Does your book club keep a scrapbook? Now's the time to start! From our collection: this scrapbook, begun in 1959, records moments in the long (and continuing) life of the Grand Rapids Shakespeariana Society, which was founded in 1887. Compiled by Society Historian Lorna Wilson, it includes newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the literary society's history, as well as Shakespeare, his era, and productions of his plays. #FolgerFinds
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@Marvel's "The Avengers" premiered ten years ago t

@Marvel's "The Avengers" premiered ten years ago today. Celebrate with an excerpt from author @IanDoescher's latest blank-verse adaptation, “William Shakespeare’s Avengers: The Complete Works.” Tap the link in our bio to read! Illustration: Danny Schlitz. © 2021 MARVEL.

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From our collection: These hand-colored pear bloss

From our collection: These hand-colored pear blossoms can be found in Elizabeth Blackwell's "A Curious Herbal," one of the earliest botanical books compiled by a woman. Blackwell was a Scottish botanical illustrator; her herbal was designed as a medical reference work. This 1739 copy is a reissue of the 1737 edition. Tap the link in our bio to find a springtime bouquet, picked from the Folger's collection. #FolgerFinds
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From our collection, costume designs for "Romeo an

From our collection, costume designs for "Romeo and Juliet" by Percy Anderson, watercolor, late 19th- or early 20th-century. Folger ART Box A548 nos. 14, 1, 35, 16, and 28 (size S).
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How are you celebrating Shakespeare's birthday tod

How are you celebrating Shakespeare's birthday today? Tap the link in our bio to check out our ideas, including speaking the speech, cooking up something Shakespearean, and catching a play! Share your celebration with us on social media with #ShareYourShakespeare.

This weekend, Folger Consort performs music from “The Roman de Fauvel,” a 14th-century manuscript about a society so rife with injustice, even an evil horse can become king. Medieval music from France, plus world premiere works by composer Juri Seo. Tap the link in our bio to get tickets and learn more about the marvelously strange manuscript. #LinkInBio #FolgerConsort
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Artist Missy Dunaway joins us on a new episode of

Artist Missy Dunaway joins us on a new episode of the Shakespeare Lightning Round! 🌩🌩🌩 We talk about her project The Birds of Shakespeare, her 2021 Folger Institute Artist-in-Residence fellowship, and her hot takes on Shakespeare. What are Shakespeare's best and worst birds? Find out! #ShakespeareLightningRound

In Shakespeare's time, some people believed that b

In Shakespeare's time, some people believed that barnacle geese hatched from... actual barnacles! This painting comes from 2021 Folger Artist-in-Residence fellow Missy Dunaway's Birds of Shakespeare series. Tap the link in our bio to read Dunaway's new piece about geese, and tune in at 5 pm ET when she joins us on the 🌩️Shakespeare Lightning Round⚡ live here on Instagram! @missydunaway @portlandartgallery #ShakespeareLightningRound
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This Wednesday, Folger Artist-in-Residence fellow

This Wednesday, Folger Artist-in-Residence fellow Missy Dunaway joins us on a new episode of the Shakespeare Lightning Round! She'll tell us about her Birds of Shakespeare painting series and answer our thirty lightning-fast questions about Shakespeare. Tune in live, right here on Instagram. #ShakespeareLightningRound
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Gather your team and put on your thinking caps. We

Gather your team and put on your thinking caps. We're celebrating the Bard's birthday with a free virtual trivia game! Tap the link in our bio to reserve your spot. #LinkInBio #ShareYourShakespeare

It's springtime and the weather is warm—Why not

It's springtime and the weather is warm—Why not head out to the garden and plant a forged letter about garters?
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From our collection: Olivia's garden, A Scene from "Twelfth Night," attributed to George Cruikshank, watercolor and pencil, mid-19th century. ART Box C955 no.62 (size S). #FolgerFinds

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