ENGL 249: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Shakespeare

The Folger Shakespeare Library, established on Capitol Hill in 1932 as a gift to the American people, is home to the world’s largest collection of First Folios, the book that gave us Shakespeare. Learn more about the First Folio and see other treasures from the Shakespeare collection.

Selected Plays from Folger

• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• The Taming of the Shrew
• Romeo and Juliet
• Twelfth Night
• Measure for Measure
• Merchant of Venice
• Othello
• Macbeth
• The Tempest
• Richard III

Selected Related Resources from Folger

• Manuscripts
• Works of Art
• Picturing Shakespeare
• Audio Performance Excerpts
• Performance History
• Shakespeare FAQ

Collaborations

• Shakespeare Documented: A multi-institutional resource documenting Shakespeare in his own time. Partners include The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford, The British Library, The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and The National Archives.

• Shakespeare Unlimited: Race, Gender, and Identity - Podcast episodes from the Folger Library on Shakespeare and race, gender, and identity.

• Shakespeare and Race Festival - Readings and recordings from the Globe Theatre's 3rd annual Shakespeare and Race festival, which took place digitally in August 2020. Festival tag on Twitter: #shakerace