irst Folio is the book that gave us Shakespeare. Between its covers we discover his most famous characters-Hamlet, Desdemona, Cordelia, Macbeth, Romeo, Juliet, and hundreds of others-speaking words that continue to move and inspire us," said Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Date: Feb 26, 2015
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Shakespeare's First Folio to be on view at U.Va. in 2016
Folger director Michael Witmore is pleased that when the book visits Minnesota, "the fabulous indie band Low from Duluth is going to provide music for a screening of Shakespeare 100-year-old silent films." If music be the food of love, tour on!
Date: Feb 26, 2015
Category: Entertainment
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'Anonymous' provokes skepticism from Shakespeare experts
Keegan spoke with Emmerich as well as screenwriter John Orloff. She also interviewed Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., and James Shapiro, a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, who condemned the movie in a piece in the
Date: Oct 27, 2011
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Roland Emmerich's 'Anonymous' shakes up Shakespeare scholars
"Scholars have not been debating this question," said Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., the largest collection of materials on the playwright's life and theatrical career. "This was a man who knew about history, warfare, theology, travel, courtship, flo