Shakespeare Plus: Searching for Shakespeare, artificial intelligence, Ophelia's fate, and more

 

Artificial intelligence goes to English class Our guests on the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast talk through the challenges and opportunities that AI tools like ChatGPT present when it comes to teaching Shakespeare.   Listen to the Episode Proving a villain: Problematic Shakespearean mentors Austin Tichenor writes about the problematic protagonists of the Oscar-nominated films Elvis and Tár, who evoke Shakespeare's Richard III as they try to control their narratives.   Read the Blog Post       Searching for Shakespeare: Celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare’s First Folio This April the Folger is celebrating Shakespeare—and the 400th anniversary of the printing of the First Folio—in partnership with DC Public Library (DCPL). The month-long, citywide festival includes an exhibition, a world-premiere play, a scavenger hunt, Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture, family programs, workshops, and more at DCPL locations in all eight wards of Washington, DC. All events are free. Registration opens to the public Friday at noon ET. Folger members can contact the box office at (202) 544-7077 or folgerboxoffice@folger.edu to access early registration.   All Events About the Exhibition About the Play     A First Folio playlist As we prepare to celebrate the First Folio's 400th anniversary, catch up on these podcast episodes about the book that gave us Shakespeare.   See the Playlist Ophelia's fate Should Ophelia die in the 21st-century screen and stage adaptations of Hamlet? Folger Fellow Injela Zaini challenges the standard portrayal.   Read the Blog Post Lady Romeo For Women's History Month, revisit this podcast episode about Charlotte Cushman, one of the most famous American actors of the mid-19th century.   Listen to the Episode     #FolgerFinds For more encounters with the Folger collection, follow @FolgerLibrary on Instagram.         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: DALL-E-generated image responding to the prompt “An 1800 pixel by 600 pixel illustration of William Shakespeare working on a laptop with the OpenAI logo on Venus.” | Tom Hanks as Colonel Parker in Elvis, a 2022 film. Exhibition photo by Stacy Keck | First Folio photo by Lloyd Wolf