At the time, young males routinely played the female roles anyway. He had already made cross-dressing hidden identity a part of “The Merchant of Venice” and would do so again in “As You Like It.” In ...

Che Kabia (Sir Toby Belch), Futaba (Feste), and Hunter Ringsmith (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) in Folger Theatre's production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, directed by Mei Ann Teo, on stage at the ...

Folger Theatre today announced the cast and creative team of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed by Mei Ann Teo, on stage at the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill from May 13-June ...

Viola washes up on the shore after losing her twin brother in a shipwreck. In disguise as her twin brother, she lands in the world of Duke Orsino. A playful interpretation of a beloved Shakespeare ...

The prospect of sitting through “fun” Shakespeare — subversive Shakespeare, transposed Shakespeare — makes my skin break out. It sends me, mentally, straight back to high school. It’s redolent of the ...

Robert Richmond is fast becoming an essential cog in the wheels of the Folger Elizabethan Theatre. Earlier this season, he directed Shakespeare’s “Henry V,” the best-selling production in Folger’s ...

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After an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming approach — and all 82 of its First Folios on view. By Jennifer Schuessler Jennifer Schuessler has ...