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Debbie
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Interested in all things Shakespeare, especially "As You Like It," and in Netflix's "A Man on the Inside." #Shakespeare #AsYouLikeIt #AManOnTheInside
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All the library's a stage & I'm thrilled to be playing a new role as an ACLS Fellow! Deepest thanks to ACLS for this honor. Looking forward to the amazing opportunity to turning many pages in this new chapter at the Folger Shakespeare Library. @acls1919.bsky.social @folgerlibrary.bsky.social
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Yesterday the 'As You Like It' team gave their final performance at Sunneyhill Barn, Rowsham. The most enormous thanks to the cast and crew for filling the second half of this year's #BucksShakespeareFestival with so much fun and laughter.
#TellGreatStories
August 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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"And this our life exempt from public haunt
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones and good in every thing.
I would not change it."

#Shakespearesunday
#asyoulikeit
June 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Announcing our Fall 2026 show: As You Like It by William Shakespeare directed by Sherri Raeford! We’re looking forward to this colorful production being tackled by our energetic Artistic Director.

#SharedRadiance #AsYouLikeIt #Shakespeare #WilliamShakespeare #ClassicalTheatre
July 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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REVIEW: 4 stars for #AsYouLikeIt

'East London Shakespeare Festival’s zany, family-oriented rendering of Shakespeare’s comedy brings the pep and charm, even if it sacrifices some of the play’s potential nuance.'
#theatre #london #shakespeare #review

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REVIEW: As You Like It
As far as accessible and outdoorsy Early Modern comedies go, As You Like It is a pretty intuitive candidate. A split setting between town and woods allows East London Shakespeare Festival to make clever use of not only their parkland surroundings, but also the facade of Clissold House in Stoke Newington – a building whose period brickwork and Victorian austerity all but meld into the show’s own set-pieces.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Happy Opening to SouthBank Shakespeare's production of "As You Like It!" I can't wait to see my dear Felicia the Goat out on the stage!
#shakespeareinthepark #asyoulikeit #webardhard
July 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon... "
~ Jaques, The Seven Ages of Man
#AsYouLikeIt #Shakespeare
Learn more about capons in Shakespeare's time, including how they were cooked, in this podcast with food historian Ken Albala
NEW EPISODE: 🐓 Capon—a castrated rooster—was the ultimate Tudor delicacy. Why was it so prized in Shakespeare’s England? Food historian Ken Albala joins us to explore what capons were, how they were cooked, and what they reveal about early modern dining.🎧 Listen now → www.cassidycash.com/ep379
July 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Yesterday was National Ice Cream Day! 🍨 If you feel like celebrating in early modern style, check out this recipe from our collection for "snow cream." #DYK the Folger has the world’s largest collection of early modern English manuscript recipe books? rarecooking.com/2016/07/08/s...
Snow cream
It’s hot. The city of Philadelphia declared an excessive heat warning. Despite my undying love of summer, I’m thinking about snow. When Heather Wolfe, Sarah Powell, and I were selecting…
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July 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Our latest season is here – globally inspired stories, thrillingly told 💫
 
Co-Artistic Directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey share what’s coming up on our stages later this year and next – stories from across the centuries and around the globe.
June 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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AS YOU LIKE IT is officially open! Join us through Aug 2 in Deering Oaks Park, Portland Maine for a lovely summer night’s entertainment fenixtheatre.com/asyoulikeit
July 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Wow, check out Dame Judi Dench performing Sonnet 29 plus a great discussion on Shakespeare & how his words are with us all the time.
"Poetry was originally understood as a form of song"—a great deal of ink & lots of ethernet packets have been spilled arguing this position. Forget it—just listen to Dame Judi Dench & it's over and done.

#Dame #JudiDench #Sonnet #Shakespeare #GrahamNorton
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Dame Judi Dench Masterfully Does A Shakespeare Sonnet | The Graham Norton Show
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May 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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The research behind this article:

Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

is available #OpenAccess here:

The Shakspaires of Trinity Lane: A Possible #Shakespeare Life-Record
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#History
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests
Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Who’s Who in Arden? 🌳📜🩷
Meet the company of "As You Like It", directed by CSC Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler! Shakespeare's lush romantic comedy comes to the Boston Common — FREE performances run July 23–Aug 10.
Learn More ➡️ commshakes.org/production/a...
April 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Twins are among the most commonly noticed – and sometimes parodied – themes in Shakespeare's works. Perhaps there is a reason: Shakespeare was the father of twins as well. Ahead of our production of "Twelfth Night," try our questions on twins in Shakespeare: www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Quiz: Shakespeare and twins | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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May 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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ACLS awards 36 Project Development Grants, the largest cohort in the history of the program: bit.ly/4iPRP4A

The $5,000 grants support scholars in teaching-intensive faculty roles who are undertaking promising research in the #humanities and #socialsciences.
ACLS Awards 36 Project Development Grants
Project Development Grants support faculty in teaching-intensive roles pursuing research in the humanities and social sciences
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May 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Saturday in the park with Hannah.

We had a blast seeing ISCLA’s production of “As You Like It” with our spontaneous grocery store picnic. Can’t wait to see what the Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival has in store next year.

🥂🎭🥂

#WilliamShakespeare #AsYouLikeIt #ISCLA #ShakespeareSetFree
September 1, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Couldn't agree more. He was great in Fargo, Becker, Cheers, etc. but "A Man on the Inside" is his best role yet. Can't wait for Season 2. #AManOnTheInside #TedDanson
This man is 76 years old and still has the sauce. A joy to watch every minute he’s on screen. #TedDanson
May 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Announcing the cast of our summer production of AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Associate Artistic Director Kat Moraros with musical direction by Paul Fidalgo!

10 actors, 19 roles, surprise music!

📆 Jul 10-Aug 2

#summershakespeare #portlandmaime #maine #asyoulikeit #shakespeareinthepark #portlandme
March 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The #blueplaque at Rosalynde's Cottage in #soultonwood, the #asyoulikeit wood.

#Shakespeare
March 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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From a complete set of Folios to a Folio theft, we round up all the Shakespeare news in our latest blog!

www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Shakespeare Folios in the news | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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April 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
All the library's a stage & I'm thrilled to be playing a new role as an ACLS Fellow! Deepest thanks to ACLS for this honor. Looking forward to the amazing opportunity to turning many pages in this new chapter at the Folger Shakespeare Library. @acls1919.bsky.social @folgerlibrary.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Today we announced 15 awardees of the ACLS Community College Faculty Research Fellowships.

This pilot program supports flexible residencies at the @amantiquarian.bsky.social, @folgerlibrary.bsky.social, and Newberry Library for #communitycollege faculty: bit.ly/44c8yvp

#edusky #humanities
ACLS Awards 15 Community College Faculty Research Fellowships
Community College Faculty Research Fellowships support flexible residencies at humanities research centers for community college faculty
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April 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM