A politically charged adaptation of 'Romeo and Juliet' in D.C. sparks mixed audience reactions, highlighting divisive themes.

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, US, has announced its latest addition, the Quill & Crumb café, which opened ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library may have missed an opportunity by not naming its new eatery As You Like it Cafe (as we ...

Sitting in the theater before the start of the play, it felt like things were coming full circle — until we noticed the ...

Penn researchers are trying to discern the true provenance of a pair of a centuries-old gloves said to have possibly belonged ...

So is this an especially fruitful time for Shakespearean antics? We reached out to the Folger Shakespeare Library for insight. “Shakespeare’s works resonate through the ages because they ...

The Folger Shakespeare Library, located on Capitol Hill, possesses more than 275,000 books related to the playwright and his time. It also owns Bard-related memorabilia, playbills, costumes ...

Andrea Mays, the author of The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio, has devoted countless hours to researching in the Folger. A protégé of ...

Patricia Akhimie - Director, Folger Institute, Folger Shakespeare Library ‘Premodern critical race studies is the most significant call to action for all Shakespeareans right now. David Sterling Brown ...