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David Garrick and the cult of bardolatry
David Garrick in Romeo and Juliet
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David Garrick and the cult of bardolatry

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Esther French

David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in Romeo and Juliet. Based on a painting by Benjamn Wilson engraved by Ravenet. Enamel, ca. 1765. Folger Shakespeare Library. The leading actor-manager of the 1700s, David Garrick revolutionized English theatre with a lively,…

Hamlet wasn't always the prince with the common touch
David Tennant as Hamlet
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Hamlet wasn't always the prince with the common touch

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Richard Schoch

When we think about Shakespeare on the stage we usually imagine two different historical moments: ‘then’ and ‘now’. ‘Then’ is Shakespeare’s lifetime, when Richard Burbage, the original Hamlet, first spoke ‘To be or not to be’ from the stage of…

'Sweetly Writ': King Lear and the First Folio in Oregon
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'Sweetly Writ': King Lear and the First Folio in Oregon

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Esther French

Barry Kraft as Lear in King Lear, produced by Southern Oregon University, Oregon Center for the Arts. (Credit: Prechtel photo) What can we learn from Shakespeare’s revisions to his plays, and what does that mean for the actors and directors…

Shakespeare Live: How Shakespeare plays are being staged across America
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Shakespeare Live: How Shakespeare plays are being staged across America

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Esther French

Get a glimpse of how different theaters and festivals around the United States are staging Shakespeare. Featured in this gallery are Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and…

Shock of the New, or a Ploy from the Past? Thoughts on OSF's Play "Translations"
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Allen Elizabethan Theatre. Featured is the set of OSF's 2013 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.
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Shock of the New, or a Ploy from the Past? Thoughts on OSF's Play "Translations"

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Richard Schoch

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Allen Elizabethan Theatre. Featured is the set of OSF’s 2013 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Photo by T. Charles Erickson. Much ado about the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which has announced plans to ‘translate’ all of…

As You Like It in Esperanto: Washington, DC, 1910
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As You Like It in Esperanto: Washington, DC, 1910

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Sarah Hovde

Folger Finds delivers delightful and insightful moments with the Folger collection. Sarah Hovde, a cataloger at the Folger Shakespeare Library, shares the story behind a 1910 Esperanto edition of Shakespeare’s As You Like It.   Heard any Esperanto lately? Designed by…

Shakespeare Outdoors
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Shakespeare Outdoors

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Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 4 Pack the picnic basket. Grab a blanket. Don’t forget the bug spray. Shakespeare under the stars is a long-standing tradition in America and around the world. Rebecca Sheir talks with scholars and theater artists about the social…

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