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The High Roman Fashion: Costume Design in Julius Caesar
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The High Roman Fashion: Costume Design in Julius Caesar

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Katharine Pitt

Let’s do it after the high Roman fashion -Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, IV.xv In Julius Caesar, Costume Designer Mariah Hale handles the designs for soldiers and soothsayers, assassins and their prey. Mariah has worked in design and textiles for 25…

Louis Butelli: Julius Caesar Rehearsal Video Clip
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Louis Butelli: Julius Caesar Rehearsal Video Clip

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Louis Butelli

Maurice Jones as Mark Antony. Photo by James Kegley. Hello! It’s your friend Louis Butelli here. I’ll be playing Cassius in Robert Richmond’s upcoming production of Julius Caesar at Folger Theatre. We begin previews on October 28th, and tickets are…

Louis Butelli on Cassius’ Philosophy (Part II of II)
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Louis Butelli on Cassius’ Philosophy (Part II of II)

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You know that I hold Epicurus dear and his opinion: now I change my mind.                                                  …

Louis Butelli on Cassius’ Philosophy (Part I of II)
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Louis Butelli on Cassius’ Philosophy (Part I of II)

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Louis Butelli

Stranger, here you will do well to tarry; here our highest good is pleasure                                                 -Inscription over…

Louis Butelli on Returning to the Folger as Cassius
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Louis Butelli on Returning to the Folger as Cassius

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Louis Butelli

For ever, and for ever farewell, Brutus! / If we do meet again, we’ll smile indeed -Cassius, V.i Hello again from your friend Louis Butelli. I’ll be returning to the Folger Theatre this fall to play Cassius in Robert Richmond’s production of…

Louis Butelli: Ferguson, ISIS, and Caesar
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Louis Butelli: Ferguson, ISIS, and Caesar

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Louis Butelli

Maurice Jones as Mark Antony in Folger’s Julius Caesar. Photo by James Kegley Hello again! Your pal Louis Butelli here with the second in a series of blog posts in advance of Folger Theatre’s upcoming production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.…

Sneak Peek of Jim Hunter's Lighting Design for Julius Caesar
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Sneak Peek of Jim Hunter's Lighting Design for Julius Caesar

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Katharine Pitt

The exhalations whizzing in the air / Give so much light that I may read by them (Julius Caesar, II.i.46-47) Today’s guest post comes from Jim Hunter, the lighting designer for Julius Caesar. Jim is a professor of theatrical design at the University of South…

Backstage Photos from the Folger Theatre 2014-2015 Season Photoshoot
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Backstage Photos from the Folger Theatre 2014-2015 Season Photoshoot

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Katharine Pitt
Macbeth at Carter Barron: The Sleeping and the Dead are but as (Motion) Pictures
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Macbeth at Carter Barron: The Sleeping and the Dead are but as (Motion) Pictures

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Katharine Pitt

The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures.’Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil.  (Macbeth, 2.2.58)Folger Theatre has been invited by the National Park Service to screen our 2008 production of Macbeth this Saturday at dusk in the Carter Barron…

In the Studio: Recording Julius Caesar
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In the Studio: Recording Julius Caesar

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Katharine Pitt

The very talented Robert Richmond (the upcoming Julius Caesar, Richard III, Twelfth Night, Henry V, and Henry VIII) returned to Omega Studios last week along with a cast of Folger favorites to record Julius Caesar in advance of the production opening in October.…

Ira Glass: "Shakespeare S*cks???"
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Ira Glass: "Shakespeare S*cks???"

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Louis Butelli

Your friendly neighborhood blogger, Louis Butelli. Hello once again from your friend Louis Butelli. The folks here at the Folger Production Diary have asked me to contribute some late summer entries before rehearsals begin for the Folger’s upcoming production of…

Folger Talks Preview: Kathryn Will and Shakespeare's Coat of Arms
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Folger Talks Preview: Kathryn Will and Shakespeare's Coat of Arms

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Katharine Pitt

Dear Folger Diary Readers, Minions of the Moon, Fellows in Arms, and Excellent Good Friends, I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it… With the 2013-2014 Folger Season at an end and the 2014-2015 Season not yet…

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