Teaching Colleagues: As promised, we’re following up with the surprising conclusion to our Macbeth-Lincoln “story.” Special shout-out to friends at Ford’s Theatre, the home of this last primary source. Check out Part 1 also. — Primary Source #3: Page of John Wilkes Booth’s Diary (Ford’s Theatre) After assassinating Lincoln, Booth was on the run for… Continue Reading »
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Last year, as part of the Wonder of Will exhibition extravaganza to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Folger presented America’s Shakespeare. This exhibition took a look at the Bard’s influence on American thought and popular culture from the “Be taxt, or not be taxt” political cartoons at the dawn of the Revolution,… Continue Reading »
