The Brief Life and Big Impact of the Federal Theatre Project, with James Shapiro
Imagine: a fiercely idealistic, politically progressive artist takes the stand at a hearing of the House Un-American Activities Committee. The chair of the committee is a hard-right demagogue with a g...
16 Juli 202436min
A Tour of the Newly-Reopened Folger | Part 2: Research at the Folger
After a four-year renovation, the Folger Shakespeare Library is now open with 12,000 square feet of new public spaces. But behind the scenes, in our original building, we’ve also revamped the way we s...
2 Juli 202431min
A Tour of the Newly-Reopened Folger | Part 1
On June 21, the Folger reopens after a four-year renovation. The reimagined Folger has brand-new public exhibition spaces where we can introduce visitors to Shakespeare and his plays, as well as showc...
18 Juni 202434min
Fred Wilson on his New, Othello-Inspired Work for the Folger
Fred Wilson’s artistic output includes painting, sculpture, photography, and collage, among other media. But his 1992 work “Mining the Museum” at the Maryland Historical Society used the museum’s own ...
4 Juni 202433min
Second Chances, Shakespeare, and Freud, with Adam Phillips and Stephen Greenblatt
The desire for a second chance provides the engine for many of Shakespeare’s plays. In their new book, Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud, Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt and psychologist Ad...
21 Maj 202435min
Mary Zimmerman on Adapting Ovid and Directing Shakespeare
When Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphoses was on Broadway in 2002, it won a host of awards, including the Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel awards for best play. Zimmerman to...
7 Maj 202432min
Judi Dench On Seven Decades of Shakespeare, with Brendan O’Hea
In her new book, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent, Dame Judi Dench and actor/director Brendan O'Hea chat about her long history with the Bard. On this episode, Dench and O'Hea join host Barbara...
23 Apr 202440min
Shakespeare and the Environment, with Todd Andrew Borlik
Land enclosure. Wildlife management. Erosion. Pollution. Mining practices. Today, we’d call these environmental issues. But, hundreds of years before the modern environmental movement coalesced, these...
9 Apr 202433min
