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Michele Osherow

Dramaturg's Notes: Nell Gwynn
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Dramaturg's Notes: Nell Gwynn

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Michele Osherow

Folger Resident Dramaturg Michele Osherow guides us through the world of Restoration theater and introduces us to the remarkable Nell Gwynn.

Dramaturg's Notes: King John
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Dramaturg's Notes: King John

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olger Resident Dramaturg Michele Osherow introduces us to King John—Shakespeare’s play about the troublesome, Magna-Carta-signing English ruler—before this rarely performed play takes the Folger stage later this month.

Dramaturg's Notes: The Way of the World
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Dramaturg's Notes: The Way of the World

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Folger Dramaturg Michele Osherow offers her insights on Theresa Rebeck’s new adaptation of Congreve’s The Way of the World.

Dramaturg's Notes: Antony and Cleopatra
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Dramaturg's Notes: Antony and Cleopatra

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Before you come see the show, read Folger Dramaturg Michele Osherow’s thoughts on how Shakespeare’s tragedy encompasses the public and private desires of history’s infamous pair of lovers.

Talking 'Timon' with Resident Dramaturg Michele Osherow, Part II
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Talking 'Timon' with Resident Dramaturg Michele Osherow, Part II

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We explore how Osherow has been working with the cast to explore Shakespeare’s language through the rehearsal process.

Talking 'Timon' with Resident Dramaturg Michele Osherow, Part I
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Talking 'Timon' with Resident Dramaturg Michele Osherow, Part I

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Read the first part of our conversation here to find out what kinds of discoveries are being made in the rehearsal room, and then check back next week to learn more about the language of this Shakespearean tragedy.

Sense & Sensibility Dramaturg's Notes
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Sense & Sensibility Dramaturg's Notes

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Michele Osherow

Folger Theatre’s Resident Dramaturg, Michele Osherow Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how.…one is intimate with him by instinct. -Jane Austen, Mansfield Park                                 …

Dramaturg's Notes: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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Dramaturg's Notes: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

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Michele Osherow

Folger Dramaturg Michele Osherow. Michele Osherow is the Folger Theatre’s Resident Dramaturg and has worked on over twenty productions here. She is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her notes on the Folger’s production of…

Interview with Folger's Resident Dramaturg, Michele Osherow
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Interview with Folger's Resident Dramaturg, Michele Osherow

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Folger Theatre’s Resident Dramaturg, Michele Osherow In case you haven’t heard the exciting news…Richard III has been extended and will now run through March 16 at the Folger Theatre. Audiences and critics have been raving about the show – and there…

Louis Butelli: Henry V Officially Opens!
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Louis Butelli: Henry V Officially Opens!

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Louis Butelli

Louis Butelli as Bardolph in Henry V. Photo by Scott Suchman Hello again from Louis Butelli, currently playing Bardolph (and others) in Folger Theatre’s Henry V, which began preview performances last week. We open officially today – on Monday, January 28th…

Louis Butelli: Talking Henry V (Pre-Blog Part II)
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Louis Butelli: Talking Henry V (Pre-Blog Part II)

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Louis Butelli

Hello again from Louis Butelli, your peripatetic pre-blogger, soon to be appearing at the Folger Theatre in Henry V and Twelfth Night. Director, Robert Richmond I write to you now from historic Columbia, South Carolina, where I have come to…