...es linked below provide information new and returning researchers at the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] will find useful in making their visit as smooth as p
:[[Reading Room policy]]
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Normal [[Reading Room policy|Reading Room]] hours:
The Reading Room is closed Sundays and federal holidays.
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...ed off, or switched to vibrate. No calls should be answered in the Reading Room.
*No food or drink is allowed in the reading room or seminar rooms (this includes bottled water, cough drops, and chewing gum
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The [[Folger Shakespeare Library|Folger]] follows the Federal Government with regard to weather related closings.
...Federal Government is '''CLOSED''' or '''CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC''' then the Folger is '''CLOSED'''
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...was held in the [[Elizabethan Theatre]] and the historic '''Paster Reading Room''' on Friday, June 7, 2019 at 6:00pm.
...elf with Folger Docents '''Kathleen Kovach''' and '''Larry Plotkin''', and Folger Theatre Technical Director '''Charles Flye'''.
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The Folger encourages visitors to take informal pictures of the building and grounds,
Most Folger Theatre performances ''do not'' permit photography (or recording of any kin
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...nice|Portia]] costume. 1932. [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/753wp7 Folger Archives Black Box 8].]]
...fortable place to stay when they visited their library. Unfortunately, Mr. Folger died before the library was completed, and the apartment was never used as
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This event took place on December 2nd 2016 in the [[Folger Reading Room]].
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...at the Folger]], was held in the historic '''Paster Reading Room''' of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, November 3, 2017 at 6:00pm.
...psake "kiss card", palmist '''Rebecca O'Donnell''', and '''Madame Susan''' reading Tarot Cards.
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...at the Folger]], was held in the historic '''Paster Reading Room''' of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, November 2, 2018 at 6:00pm.
...look at the Folger's grandest space. Activities included: a walkthrough of Folger collection images depicting some of the craziest early modern crimes, messa
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Furniture and furnishings at the Folger Shakespeare Library fall into several categories: artifacts from Shakespea
...t of the building, like the Seven Ages of Man window in the Paster Reading Room.
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...the [[O.B. Hardison Poetry Series]], the Dark Room Collective visited the Folger on April 30, 2012 with readings from eight poets: Tisa Bryant, [http://www.
== The Dark Room Collective ==
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This event happened on December 4th 2015 in the [[Folger Reading Room]].
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...ult materials at the Folger. For more information, please read about the [[Folger vault material and image request system]].
...aders who have not used the vault material and image request system at the Folger must create an account. Current readers do not need to reapply for privileg
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A Folger Symposium
...collaboration with Drs. [[Kathleen Lynch]] and [[Owen Williams]] of the [[Folger Institute]].
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==The Reading Room (2023)==
The Reading Room celebrated new theater in the New Year, taking place January 19-21, 2023 at
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...s such as graphs and charts. In order to provide such an environment, the Folger Shakespeare Library is unveiling its new initiative: BardMetrics.
...related material in the English-speaking world. The Folger Digital Reading Room will serve as a hub of such information, offering a friendly interface for
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...photocopies of complete publications in the PR1400 sequence on the Reading Room balcony. Basically, any facsimile that does not have editorial apparatus go
...provided to supply intellectual access to missing or damaged pages in the Folger copy of a book, are shelved alongside the book, or bound into it. When a re
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The [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] aims to provide the best possible climate for preserv
...hot, too cold, etc. in Central Library, the Exhibition Hall, the Founders' Room, or anywhere else collection material is stored. All requests get routed th
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...at the Folger]], was held in the historic '''Paster Reading Room''' of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, May 31, 2019 at 6:30pm.
...speare's life and work; early modern ephemera; Shakespeare in pop culture; Folger Library history; and more!
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...ntury. An inventory was made in the 1980s, kept in a binder at the Reading Room desk. It is now available here: [[Media: UncataloguedMusicInventory.pdf|Unc
Contact Folger Reference for help or more information.
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...Wolfe finished the in-person version and tested it with colleagues at the Folger Shakespeare Library, American Philosophical Society, Yale University, and R
...scribing the challenge, followed by a link to the first "room" of the five room experience.
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...re Library allows researchers to use their personal cameras in the Reading Room. We prohibit the use of flash photography, additional lighting, scanners, t
...shot. Items encased in mylar should not be removed from their housing. The Folger Shakespeare Library reserves the right to prohibit photography of any of it
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...the Folger]], was held in the historic '''Paster Reading Room''' of the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 7:00pm.
...18)|''Saint Joan'']]—and bringing the highly acclaimed production to the [[Folger Theatre]].
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...at the Folger]], was held in the historic '''Paster Reading Room''' of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, February 10, 2017 at 6:00pm.
[[Category: Folger Theatre]]
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...reenings at the Folger]], was held in the '''Paster Reading Room''' of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, October 21 and Friday, November 4, 2016 at 6
Alongside [[Folger Theatre]]'s production of [[Sense and Sensibility (2016)|''Sense and Sensib
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.... Following the readings, a buffet dinner was served in the Paster Reading Room.
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...he Folger Shakespeare Library as part of the [[Talks and Screenings at the Folger]].
...hevalier about ''New Boy'' on the Folger blog [http://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2017/05/16/tracy-chevalier-new-boy-retelling-othello-shakespeare/?_ga=2
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...reenings at the Folger]], was held in the '''Paster Reading Room''' of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, February 22, 2019 at 6:30pm.
...women in the 18th and 19th centuries to relay secret messages. Alongside [[Folger Theatre]]'s production of [[Nell Gwynn (2019)| ''Nell Gwynn'']], audiences
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...ve any questions, please ask a member of the [[Reading Room policy|Reading Room]] staff.
...iew the short video ''Handling Rare Materials'' for general principles and Folger-specific guidance.
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''This article is about the Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare's works. For related articles,
...or collection of poems is prefaced by a brief introduction, by a guide to reading Shakespeare's language, and by accounts of his life and theater.
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...Board Reading: Billy Collins'' on May 10, 2021 at 7:30pm as a live virtual reading.
...vorite poems from other poets and to read from their own work. This year's Folger Poetry Board reader was Billy Collins, named “the most popular poet in Am
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...l Library staff in May 2015—titled "Books in process" talks as a riff on [[Folger Institute]]'s Works-in-Progress talks—about the process of selecting, pur
...tion or request, please email us at [mailto:reference@folger.edu reference@folger.edu] to let us know.
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...and Screenings at the Folger]], was held in the historic '''Paster Reading Room''' on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 6:30pm.
Audiences were invited to hear about the author’s first experiences reading the tales of the Great Detective, what he thinks about the enduring preoccu
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...loping a set of research-oriented literacies through an exploration of the Folger’s collections of early modern materials. We promised examinations of bibl
...e. Participants went around a table, examining fifteen rare items from the Folger Collection, including books, manuscripts, pamphlets, and woodblocks. They h
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In 2010, the Folger was fortunate to acquire the theatrical archive of actress and playwright L
Ms. Redgrave had a long relationship with Folger Shakespeare Library, sitting on the Board of Directors and performing on th
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...and Screenings at the Folger]], was held in the historic '''Paster Reading Room''' on Friday, May 10, 2019 at 6:00pm.
...tems from the Folger vaults. This exhibition was presented alongside the [[Folger Theatre]] production of [[Love's Labor's Lost (2019)| ''Love's Labor's Lost
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...-circulated items, and also give staff outside of the [[Exhibitions at the Folger|Exhibitions]] department a glimpse at what curating an exhibit is like.
...Reading Rooms, the Founders' Room, the Board Room, and the Deck B Seminar Room. Click through for a description of each pop-up, a list of items displayed,
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...chnology); and sensory reception and retrieval (including seeing, hearing, reading, remembering, and feeling).
Please direct any questions to [mailto:institute@folger.edu institute@folger.edu].
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The Folger uses three ranking systems to prioritize items for conservation: value (mon
...sible for signing out the item and filing the yellow carbon in the Reading Room corral.
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...0px]] || Desk || Westing, Evans & Egmore || One of four desks made for the Folger by Westing, Evans & Egmore. This one was built for either the Librarian, th
...0px]] || Desk || Westing, Evans & Egmore || One of four desks made for the Folger by Westing, Evans & Egmore. This one was built for either the Librarian, th
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...the Church of the Reformation. The full day of events was sponsored by the Folger Shakespeare Library, [http://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress] and [h
''9:30am-10am: Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, room LJ-119''
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...h [http://findingaids.folger.edu/ Finding Aids] or entering [http://hamnet.folger.edu/ Hamnet] or card catalog information into your request account ahead of
...the online request system on the Folger's research blog, [http://collation.folger.edu/2017/08/aeon/ The Collation].
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...'''Steven Mentz''' (St. John's University, NY), with '''Owen Williams''' (Folger Institute)
...ty) will present a public dialogue on Thursday evening called [https://www.folger.edu/events/creating-nature-premodern-climate-and-the-environmental-humaniti
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...stered to use our [https://request.folger.edu/ request system] for Reading Room or Virtual Reference requests. The SSO service allows researchers to use a
...e ability for registered researchers to find items in our [https://catalog.folger.edu/ catalog], click on the request button, and have the information about
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The Folger has approximately 250,000 playbills, most from late 18th and 19th century B
...sistance with the Craven and Henderson collections, please consult Reading Room staff.
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...glossary provides explanations of terms and acronyms that are used at the Folger (though some may have originated elsewhere or reflect previous practices).
...evel of the main building that could only be accessed by going through the Reading Rooms, unless you had a separate key. Distinct from the pre-renovation "Bas
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...n author, scholar, and educator who served as the second director of the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]].
...rlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1968), page 3.</ref> Among the reading material Wright enjoyed as a child were fairy tales and the works of Livy.<
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...g highlighting Cave Canem’s role in advancing African American poetry. The reading featured Cave Canem co-founder Toi Derricotte, former Cave Canem fellows Gr
...nem fellows poets books were sold after the open-mic in the Paster Reading Room.
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...reenings at the Folger]], was held in the '''Paster Reading Room''' of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Friday, November 15, 2019 at 6:00pm.
Alongside [[Folger Theatre]]'s production of [[Amadeus (2019)|''Amadeus'']], audiences were in
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