FROM THE FOLGER: Shakespeare Plus: Batman and Hamlet, birds of the Bard, a new quiz, and more

 

Leonard Barkan on Reading Shakespeare Reading Me In his new book, Princeton professor Leonard Barkan compares reading Shakespeare to looking in a mirror. Barkan joins us on the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast to discuss Reading Shakespeare Reading Me, which combines memoir and literary criticism as he analyzes ten Shakespeare plays and their parallels to his life.   Listen to the Podcast Birds of Shakespeare: The Barnacle Goose Supported by a Folger fellowship, artist Missy Dunaway aims to catalog every bird mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays and poems—at least 65 species. We're featuring these birds in a monthly series, starting with the barnacle goose. Did you know that in Shakespeare's time, this bird was believed to evolve from driftwood?   Read the Blog Post         Folger's Black Shakespeare Course Receives Award At this year’s annual April meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America, the Folger received the 2022 Shakespeare Publics Award for its Black Shakespeare course developed in partnership with Reconstruction, an online education company. This award "recognizes pioneering and/or culturally significant efforts to foster, engage, support and sustain broad and diverse Shakespeare publics through teaching, scholarship, performance and/or activism." Designed for middle and high school students, the five-unit course explores and celebrates the strong—and often unknown—connections between Black people and Shakespeare.   Full Announcement Black Shakespeare Course Reconstruction Video     The Bard and The Batman Austin Tichenor uses the new Batman film, starring Robert Pattinson, to draw connections between the caped crusader and Shakespeare's Hamlet.   Read the Blog Post Five Folger Finds: A Spring Bouquet We’ve gathered a bouquet for you of flowers in the Folger collection, including some referenced by Shakespeare. Enjoy these five blooms in celebration of spring.   See the Flowers Quiz: Shakespeare's Lesser-Known Plays You might be familiar with A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet. But what about the Shakespeare plays that are considered more obscure?   Take the Quiz       Building Renovation During Construction Support the Campaign     VISIT | CONNECT | SUPPORT       Folger Shakespeare Library | 201 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC 20003   Main (202) 544-4600 | Box Office (202) 544-7077 | info@folger.edu Image Credits: Barnacle goose painting by Missy Dunaway | Robert Pattinson in The Batman. TM & © 2022 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. | Wayne T. Carr (Pericles) in Pericles. Folger Theatre, 2015. Photo by Teresa Wood.