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 Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library)
In Iago Shakespeare beats out with flsmith rhythm one of his greatest creations, a man fired by jealousy, tempered by hatred, a man whose determination is hammered into shape and whose evil expresses itself in duplicitous twists and malignant turns enough to topple Othello.
Shakespeare's characters have a realism which contrasts with the earlier role of the staged character as a mouthpiece for words and vehicle for action.
Shakespeare's plays, remember, have thrilled and inspired actors for centuries: they continue to do so, and each generation of actors wrings new interpretations and understandings from performance.
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 Amherst College Faculty Handbook : The Folger Shakespeare Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., was established by the will of Henry Clay Folger, of the Class of 1879.
Folger spoke of an institution "for promoting and diffusing knowledge." The Library has sought continuously since its creation to enlarge its educational function.
Folger Institute seminars are offered annually in cooperation with the consortium universities of the Washington area.
www.amherst.edu /~deanfac/handbook/folgershakespearelibrary.html   (338 words)

  
 Folger Shakespeare Library --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The libraries owned by private individuals are as varied in their range of interest as the individuals who collected them, and so they do not lend themselves to generalized treatment.
U.S. lawyer and business executive Henry Clay Folger is remembered as the founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The library serves as a research center for the study of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries, Elizabethan society and culture, and 16th- and 17th-century British drama, literature, and history.
The greatest collections are in the Folger Shakespeare Library, in Washington, D.C.; the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, in San Marino, Calif.; the British Museum, in London, England; and the Bodleian Library,...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9034747?tocId=9034747   (767 words)

  
 Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger purchased the land where the library stands today a parcel at a time, and he acquired the entire property by 1928.
Folger died two weeks after the cornerstone was laid in 1930.
The Folger Shakespeare Library is a major center for scholarly research.
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 CNN.com - Shadow of Shakespeare and history at the Folger - September 4, 2000
The library owes its existence to a chain of events that began to form when the aging Ralph Waldo Emerson lectured at Amherst College in 1879 and stirred the interest of a student named Henry Clay Folger.
Folger, who was to become president and chairman of the Standard Oil Co., paid 25 cents for a ticket to hear Emerson speak.
Folger's passionate study of Shakespeare and determination to create the definitive collection of the bard's works grew parallel to his business success.
archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/09/04/capital.shakespeare.ap   (1015 words)

  
 Folger Shakespeare Library - Religion Collections in Libraries and Archives (Main Reading Room, Library of Congress)
The Folger houses one of the largest collections in the world of early English books with over 50,000 volumes from 1475 to 1700, the largest collection of early English imprints outside of Britain, and 30,000 volumes from the 18th century.
Much of the Folger's collection, simply because of the time period in which it was written, relates to religion.
In addition the Folger has Church Court Records of Ely (1374-1640) with printed guide; Lambeth Palace Library, unpublished records of the established Church of England (1540-1720), and Henry VIII divorce papers; Bodleian Library, Tanner Collection of church, state, and politics in 16th and 17th century England.
www.loc.gov /rr/main/religion/fsl.html   (1141 words)

  
 Folger Shakespeare Library - Will Award
Many of the actors whom Shakespeare has made look good were present for the evening, including Franchelle Stewart Dorn, who took over the after-dinner dancing, and Sabrina Le Beauf, who preferred to remain very close to her new husband, Michael Reynolds.
Folger crowns Branagh for kingly 'Henry V' Star-struck Donna Wood stood on a bit of red carpet in the cold April dusk, clutching a movie script, an autobiography and a huge movie poster.
Also taking a bow during the evening was Shakespeare Theater resident leading lady Franchelle Stewart Dorn, who, as she made evident in rising to accept the applause of the guests, is absent from the boards this spring only because she has just embarked on maternity leave.
www.christopher-plummer.com /folger.html   (3007 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Entertainment Guide
hen Director Gail Kern Paster assumed leadership of the Folger Shakespeare Library in 2002, she arrived with a distinct devotion to the institution.
A unique book in our collection is the quarto (small edition) of Shakespeare's early tragedy "Titus Andronicus." For centuries, it was believed there was no early printing of the play; but a 1594 printing was discovered in the early 20th century.
Both Duncan Phillips and Henry Clay Folger were collecting at the same time, and both the Phillips and the Folger are driven by their founders' passions.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/entertainment/new_features/museums/curatorfolger.html   (752 words)

  
 Folger Shakespeare Library | Museum/Attraction Review | Washington, D.C. | Frommers.com
A decade later, Amherst student Henry Clay Folger was profoundly affected by a lecture Emerson gave similarly extolling the bard.
Folger purchased an inexpensive set of Shakespeare's plays and went on to amass the world's largest (by far) collection of the bard's works, today housed in the Folger Shakespeare Library.
By 1930, when Folger and his wife, Emily, laid the cornerstone of a building to house the collection, it comprised 93,000 books, 50,000 prints and engravings, and thousands of manuscripts.
www.frommers.com /destinations/washingtondc/A21264.html   (432 words)

  
 Newsletter of the Friends of Amherst College Library, Volume 28, Folger Shakespeare Library Fellows
The opportunity to do research at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. was in fact one of the main things that swayed me towards choosing Amherst over several other small liberal arts colleges (including, most notably, Williams).
When I found out that the library owned a unique collection of promptbooks from 18th- and 19th-century productions of the play, I decided to come up with a proposal focusing on the research of the play's performance history between the Renaissance and the twentieth century.
During the two and a half weeks at the Folger I then indeed managed to look at every major rendition of the play within the 250 year span I was focusing on.
www.amherst.edu /library/friends/newsletter/news28/folger.html   (942 words)

  
 Insight on the News: Preservationists turn over new leaves in old books.(Folger Shakespeare Library)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, has a state-of-the art program for restoring and preserving vintage books related to Shakespeare and other Elizabethan works.
The library uses computer imaging to repair paper and a radical treatment fo reduce paper acidity.
The Folger Shakespeare Library, located in Washington, is actually administered by Amherst College, the alma mater of founder Henry Clay Folger, and it houses more than the collected works of the Bard.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:19201685&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (226 words)

  
 Notherby's :: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)
In some respects this is the perfect play to introduce young people to Shakespeare and hopefully inspire a lifelong love of his work.
Shakespeare is also showing us that when you love someone you do not pay attention to their faults, but when you do not love someone it is easier to pick out their faults.
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe.
www.northerbys.com /store/0743477545/A_Midsummer_Night_s_Dream_Folger_Shakespeare_Library.html   (1299 words)

  
 Ettractions.com - Folger Shakespeare Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare, the Folger is a major center for scholarly research and a lively venue for the literary and performing arts.
Shakespeare is always represented by a first folio on view as well as over 250 digitized images in the Shakespeare Gallery.
One of the collecitons 79 first folios is always on view as a highlight of the Folger's world-class collection of Shakespeare's works and the Renaissance; also featured prominently in the changing exhibitions in the Great Hall.
www.ettractions.com /ettractions/att/12918.asp   (289 words)

  
 News Release - Shakespeare Scholar Awarded Fellowship to Study at Folger Shakespeare Library
CHICAGO (February 23, 1999) -- Suzanne Gossett, Ph.D., a professor of English at Loyola University Chicago, has been awarded a $30,000, long-term fellowship for study at the world famous Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. The fellowship is being underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities and administered by the library.
From Jan. 1 to June 30, 2000, Gossett will be pursuing her research into Shakespeare's Pericles, a play which she is editing for the much anticipated Third Arden Edition.
As part of her research, Gossett will be using the Folger Library's renowned collection of early English books and original Shakespeare materials to try to resolve some of the scholarly debates that have surrounded the play, and to set Pericles in its appropriate literary and historical context.
www.luc.edu /news/releases/1999/february/folger.htm   (430 words)

  
 JSTOR: Folger Shakespeare Library
Housed and published by the Folger Shakespeare Library since 1972, SQ is the world's foremost journal focusing on all aspects of Shakespeare studies.
Topics for essays and notes cover criticism of the plays and poems, theater history, Shakespeare pedagogy, the history of Shakespeare as an institution, and studies in editing, text, canon, and bibliography.
"Shakespeare Performed," publishing review-essays on Royal Shakespeare Company and other significant stage and film productions around the world, is a regular feature.
www.jstor.org /journals/folger.html   (156 words)

  
 Press Release Archive: GW TO PARTNER WITH FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY IN PUBLISHING SHAKESPEARE QUARTERLY
The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research facility located in the District of Columbia.
According to Werner Gundersheimer, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, "The Folger is delighted to be able to extend its partnership with GW into new areas of cooperation and scholarship.
Paster is a past trustee of the Shakespeare Association of America and a trustee of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
www.gwu.edu /~media/pressreleases/folger.html   (532 words)

  
 Insight on the News: Preservationists turn over new leaves in old books - Folger Shakespeare Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Frank Mowery, 43, the library's preservation administrator, and a staff of four rebind books, wash pages, fill holes, mend tears and annually dust each of the books in the underground vault.
But the Folger's collection is a handled collection, and the conservators marshal state-of-the-art equipment to keep word and page whole.
The Folger was the first to employ the "Stealth Sucker," for example -- a high-pressure vacuum that removes stains.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n10_v13/ai_19201685   (799 words)

  
 Features -- Out and About with Liz Khalil: The Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library opened in 1932 as a "gift to the American people" from Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily Jordan Folger.
Quotes on Shakespeare from literary luminaries, such as Ben Jonson, are carved into the top of the building, and a Romeo-and-Juliet-esque plaza surrounds the entrance.
The Folger Shakespeare Library is open to the public Mon.
www.thehoya.com /features/111798/features4.htm   (950 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Folger Shakespeare Library (Libraries, Books, And Printing) - Encyclopedia
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Folger Shakespeare Library[fOl´jur] Pronunciation Key: see under Folger, Henry Clay.
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 Books : Shakespeare's Sonnets (Folger Shakespeare Library)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I heard that Nigel Tomm could declaim from memory all the Shakespeare's Sonnets, but one day lost his memory in yacht crash (where he was alone!) and after this he have written all these remixes.
I had fallen in love with Shakespeare's Sonnets since I was introduced to it in my freshman year.
Not only is the cover handsome,(something you'd be proud to carry along with you everywhere)it has excellent annotations(just enough to help you understand the sonnets but not so much that it bogs you down) and plus, in addition to all of that it is very low cost.
www.cellphonegamesdownload.com /0671722875/Shakespeares_Sonnets_Folger_Shakespeare_Library.shtml   (361 words)

  
 GoCityKids | The Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library established by founders Henry Clay Folger and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, in 1932 as a gift to the American people.
magnet for scholars from around the globe, the Folger is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, as well as magnificent collections of other rare Renaissance books and manuscripts on all disciplines - history and politics, theology and exploration, law and the arts.
The Folger is also a renowned center for the revitalization of humanities education through pre-college programs for students and teachers.
www.gocitykids.com /browse/attraction.jsp?id=82018   (322 words)

  
 Humbul full record view for -- The Folger Shakespeare library
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC, is an independent research library.
A major center for scholarly research, the Folger houses the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, in addition to a magnificent collection of other rare Renaissance books and manuscripts on all disciplines (history and politics, theology and exploration, law and the arts).
The library also holds a collection of art works, photographs, maps, early music, playbills, theatrical programs and scrapbooks, promptbooks, and films and videos.
www.humbul.ac.uk /output/full2.php?id=88   (189 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Hamlet (Folger Shakespeare Library): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare
The Tempest (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare is so quotable, and Hamlet is no different - you often find yourself saying "Oh, that's where that comes from!" and its like finding an old friend in a new story.
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 Amazon Shopping with Shwing! - Julius Caesar (Folger Shakespeare Library)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shakespeare's insights into the nature of human thought and desires is penetrating yet pardoxically reflective.
Comment: This play by William Shakespeare, is a fascinating study of human drama composed of a group of Romans who wish to assassinate the would be king, Julius Caeser.
William Shakespeare is hailed as the greatest writer ever, yet (based on people I've met) very few people have read even a single one of his works.
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 Folger Shakespeare Library Awards Fellowship to English Professor Ian Smith For Groundbreaking Research Project
EASTON, Pa.(www.lafayette.edu), May 8, 2003 — Ian Smith, associate professor of English, has been awarded a fellowship from the Folger Shakespeare Library to continue his groundbreaking research on “racial cross-dressing,” the portrayal of fls by white actors in Elizabethan theater.
Smith is conducting research on the project with EXCEL Scholar Michael McFadden ’04, an English major from Broomall, Pa., focusing on the use of "flface" by white characters who portray Africans and its implications for conventional readings of many plays of the period.
In addition to a prior Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowship, Smith has received Fulbright, French Government, Clark Memorial Library, and Newberry Library fellowships, as well as the Columbia University President’s Fellowship, the University Prize of University of the West Indies, and Prix Jambec.
www.lafayette.edu /news.php/view/2911   (955 words)

  
 Table of contents for An annotated catalogue of the music manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Folger Shakespeare Library, STC 4253 (source no. 62), Superius, sig.
Folger Shakespeare Library, STC 7096 (source no. 64), sig.
Folger Shakespeare Library, Uncatalogued Music Collection, Black Boxes, Shakespeare MS Music E-V (see source no. 167), item no. 11, the beginning of Joseph Haydn, 'She never told her Love', in the hand ofJohann Elssler.
www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019275.html   (619 words)

  
 Archived: Folger Library Shakespeare Education and Festivals Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Description The Folger Library Shakespeare Education and Festivals Project, an exemplary education program for grades 4 through 12, is devoted to providing effective and innovative strategies in the instruction of Shakespeare.
The locations for a festival can be, and have been, as varied as a single classroom, an auditorium, a theater, a cafeteria, or a playground.
Participants are trained in the use of Folger Library instructional approaches and materials, which include a comprehensive manual on teaching Shakespeare by performance and on festival planning.
www.ed.gov /pubs/EPTW/eptw5/eptw5c.html   (410 words)

  
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The first group relating to the office of the Revels came in 1938; the second including the Blackfriars' deeds in 1939; the third consisting of the letters of John Donne in April 1940 and a little later a receipt of his; the fourth in 1941; and the fifth in 1954 after fourteen years of negotiation.
Closely related to the Loseley collection at the Folger is another selection of manuscripts from the Loseley collection belonging to the More-Molyneux family of Loseley Park, Surrey (some medieval, but mainly ca.1500-ca.1700).
The mother of Shakespeare's patron and the Viscountess of Montague, probably her stepmother, beseech More to intercede “for the enlargement” of “an older poore woman one Parkyns...
shakespeare.folger.edu /other/html/dfoloseley.html   (12995 words)

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