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Love Wordle?
Try the Folger's spin on this popular game,
Prattle, which uses only words found in Shakespeare's plays
and poems.
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Shakespeare,
Influencer
Stephen
Marche catalogs Shakespeare’s influence on (among other
things) sex, language, psychology, and starlings, for
this episode of Shakespeare Unlimited.
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Going
for the Gold
A
Folger fellow and former Olympian shares images and
stories of 18th-century women athletes in England who
competed in races, fights, cricket matches, and more.
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Black
History and Culture
Here are
a few ways to celebrate Black History Month with the Folger:
- Listen to a Shakespeare
Unlimited podcast episode with Dr. Freda Scott Giles
about Shakespeare in the Harlem Renaissance.
- Try a recipe
for akara (black-eyed pea fritters) developed by chef
Michael W. Twitty (author of The Cooking Gene) for
the Folger exhibition First Chefs.
- Stream a recent
performance of jazz and poetry with acclaimed pianist
Cyrus Chestnut and poets Kyle Dargan and Lenard D. Moore.
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Quiz:
Shakespeare Lovers
Shakespeare’s
comedies and romances are full of lovers. See if you
can match each pair of lovers with the Shakespeare play
in which they appear, and then share this quiz with
your valentine.
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Untitled
Othello Project
Keith
Hamilton Cobb reflects on his play American Moor
and how it led to the development of the Untitled
Othello Project, a deeply scrutinizing exploration of
Shakespeare's text.
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What's
Onstage in February
We
check in with our theater partners to see what's
onstage this month, such as Seattle Shakespeare
Company’s Shakespeare: Drum and Colours, a
rotating repertory of Hamlet and As You Like
It.
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#FolgerFinds
For more encounters with
the Folger collection, follow @FolgerLibrary
on Instagram.
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