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Preserving Shakespeare: How DC???s Folger Library keeps 400-year-old volumes pristine
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (279+ words) August 18, 2026, 4:53 AM Follow WTOP’s Matt Kaufax as he explores hidden gems, local landmarks and unique stories across the D.C. area every week. New episodes of WTOP’s “Matt About Town” segment are released each Tuesday and Thursday. If you’ve ever wondered…...
Sex, Power and Propaganda: Shakespeare’s Epic Returns to Melbourne
12+ hour, 4+ min ago (442+ words) Political scheming. Sex. Betrayal. Warfare. Propaganda. Two of the most powerful people in the world conducting a love affair while an empire begins to collapse around them. Suares isn’t interested in giving us another portrait of history’s great seductress. She…...
New Medieval Books: Chaucer and Trauma
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (191+ words) Edited by Susanna Fein and David Raybin The 14th-century writer Geoffrey Chaucer included many episodes of “violence, victimhood, and overwhelming grief or loss” in his works. The nine papers in this collection explore how he presents these traumatic experiences and…...
Much ado about something? New book helps crack questions about latest outdoor Elm Shakespeare show
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (334+ words) In William Shakespeare’s historical drama “Julius Caesar,” Cassius tells Brutus “The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” The stars and the Bard align anew in the just-published book “Shakespeare’s World” by Dennis Krausnick, Josh Lubarr and Rebecca…...
Falstaff is Better than Hamlet
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1473+ words) Before I begin, let me make quote a writer far superior to myself: “Falstaff, as intelligent as Hamlet, is life’s ambassador and not death’s, unlike Hamlet. Is …...
Step into a vault of rare texts from Shakespeare and beyond at DC???s Folger Library
5+ day, 22+ min ago (274+ words) August 13, 2026, 6:08 AM Follow WTOP’s Matt Kaufax as he explores hidden gems, local landmarks and unique stories across the D.C. area every week. New episodes of WTOP’s “Matt About Town” segment are released each Tuesday and Thursday. If you venture through…...
YA Book Prize 2026: Harry Trevaldwyn on The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (56+ words) YA Book Prize 2026: Harry Trevaldwyn discusses The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King The Bookseller YA Book Prize 2026: Harry Trevaldwyn discusses The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King Register to read for FREE. Serious about the book trade? 🗞Weekly print…...
Where to find Shakespeare???s???first folios??? in DC
1+ week, 38+ min ago (236+ words) August 11, 2026, 5:51 AM Follow WTOP’s Matt Kaufax as he explores hidden gems, local landmarks and unique stories across the D.C. area every week. New episodes of WTOP’s “Matt About Town” segment are released each Tuesday and Thursday. Some of the rarest…...
Macbeth and Dorian Grey: two sides of the same coin
1+ week, 1+ day ago (763+ words) Recently, I finished reading “The Picture of Dorian Grey”, and as I followed Dorian’s character throughout the story, I noticed an eerie …...
Hamlet: The Timeless Tragedy of Human Conflict
1+ week, 1+ day ago (34+ words) >>>Introduction: Hamlet is one of the greatest tragedies written by William Shakespeare. It was written around 1600–1601. The play tells the story …...