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Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 28 at 5 pm EDT, the Shakespeare Lightning Round is back with Ken Ludwig (@playwrightkenludwig), the Tony, Olivier, and Helen Hayes Award-winning playwright of "Moon Over Buffalo," "Lend Me a Tenor," "Shakespeare in Hollywood," and more and the author of "How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare!" What's your favorite of Ken's plays? Flip through photos from a few favorites, and tune into our chat with the man himself tomorrow right here on Instagram. (Photos: "Moon Over Buffalo" with Carol Burnett, "Murder on the Orient Express," "Dear Jack, Dear Louise" at @ArenaStage, "Comedy of Tenors," "The Gods of Comedy," "Shakespeare in Hollywood.") #ShakespeareLightningRound #KenLudwig
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"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio—a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy" (Hamlet, 5.1.190). For Halloween, here's one of our favorite items from the collection: a spooky skull containing a tiny copy of "Hamlet." This artist's book and its little plasticene skull were created in 2009 by Czech bookbinders and artists Jan and Jarmila Sobota; it was on display at the Folger last October as part of a mini-exhibition of mini-books from our James Harner Collection of Miniature Books Related to Shakespeare. Want more spooks and scares from the Folger's collection? Tap the link in our bio to find our guide to Halloween 2020: what to watch, read, wear, and more. #FolgerFinds
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"And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..."
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The Battle of Agincourt was fought #OnThisDay (St. Crispin's Day) in 1415. From our collection, here's Shakespeare's "Henry V" as it appears in one of the Folger's 82 copies of the First Folio. Tap the link in our bio to read more of "Henry V" online for free with The Folger Shakespeare. #FolgerFinds #BandOfBrothers (From Folger STC 22273 Fo.1 no.68)

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Last week, Shakespeare's First Folio was in the news when a copy sold at auction for nearly $10 million. The Folger's collection includes 82 First Folios. After our renovation is complete, all of them will be on display for all to see in a new visible vault. Tap the link in our bio to take a look at our plans and learn more about how you can support this transformative project. #FolgerRenovation #TheWonderOfWill
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Next week on the Shakespeare Lightning Round, we talk to Tony, Olivier, and Helen Hayes Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig! We'll talk about reading Shakespeare with your kids, writing mysteries, and Ken's favorite theater spaces in the US. Tune in Wednesday, October 28 at 5 pm EDT right here on Instagram.
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Best known for scripts like "Lend Me a Tenor" and "Crazy for You," Ken has written 28 plays and musicals and had 6 shows on Broadway and 7 in London's West End. His newest play, "Dear Jack, Dear Louise," which tells the story of his parents' courtship during World War II, won the 2020 Helen Hayes / MacArthur Award for Best New Play or Musical after it's world premiere production at DC's @ArenaStage. #ShakespeareLightningRound

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How would you feel if you knew that after an election, a “poll book” would publish the names of the candidates you had voted for? In early modern England, that's just what would have happened. Voting wasn't a secret process in the 1600s and 1700s. This poll book, from the Folger's collection, published the names of all the voters in London and which candidates and party they voted for in 1710. Each voter was able to cast one vote (indicated at right by a dash) for each of the four seats up for grabs in their constituency. Tap the link in our bio to take a virtual tour of this book and to learn more about how people cast their votes in 18th-century England. #LinkInBio #FolgerFinds
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Nothing better than watching a tree move on a gorgeous autumn day. As our renovation continues, we're moving the beautiful magnolia tree on our building's west side about a hundred feet to the south. Yesterday, we moved the magnolia about 15 feet. Depending on the weather, the move will continue tomorrow, likely kicking off around 11 am to noon. If you're taking a walk on Capitol Hill, swing by 2nd St. SE or East Capitol St. to watch the rest of the tree's progress. #FolgerRenovation
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The 2020/21 season of our O.B. Hardison Poetry Series begins next week with a virtual reading by Toi Derricotte on October 22. Tap the link in our bio to get tickets and to check out all of the great poets joining us virtually this season, from locations including Emily Dickinson's bedroom and Abraham Lincoln's cottage.
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From our collection: an 18th-century silver book cover for a 1585 copy of "The First Booke of the Christian Exercise," by Robert Parsons. Hebrew initials for "HM" on the spine indicate that it was perhaps originally a cover for a Hebraic text. Folger STC 19354.1. #FolgerFinds
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