On April 2, 2026 the Folger’s virtual book club returns with a discussion of The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa Arsén. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of resources related to Shakespeare, theater, and the mind.
READ the Shakespeare plays referenced in the text
LEARN about Shakespeare, the early modern period, and the mind
- Shakespeare Unlimited, Episode 9: Shakespeare and Insane Asylums
- Shakespeare Unlimited, Episode 193: How Shakespeare Thought About the Mind, with Helen Hackett
- When the Body is Ill, The Mind Suffers: Shakespeare’s Unravelling of Women’s Hysteria and Madness in the Elizabethan Era
- Better than laughing: Renaissance melancholy
LISTEN to podcast episodes related to Shakespeare and theater
DISCOVER the Antioch Shakespeare Festival of the 1950s
- Explore promptbooks from the 1950s festival Shakespeare Under the Stars
- Shakespeare Unlimited, Episode 99: Antioch Shakespeare Festival: John Lithgow, Robin Lithgow, and Tony Dallas
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