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9 Episodes 2015 - 2015
Episode 1
Wed, Mar 4, 2026
Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, describes how a love of clever language unites Shakespeare's audiences with Twitter users.
Episode 2
Wed, Mar 4, 2026
Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, describes how the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials lies protected in a bank like vault.
Episode 3
Wed, Mar 4, 2026
Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, regards Shakespeare's genius as a deep and abiding mystery.
Episode 4
Wed, Mar 4, 2026
Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, sees a parallel between modern media and the emergence of public theatre in Shakespeare's time.
Episode 5
Wed, Mar 4, 2026
Shakespeare worked with and borrowed from other writers, submits Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Episode 6
Wed, Mar 4, 2026
Shakespeare dared to appeal to audiences both common and elite, says Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Episode 7
Wed, Mar 4, 2026
Shakespeare's plays were among the many amusements available to Londoners in 1600, explains Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Episode 8
Wed, Mar 4, 2026
For Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare's characters embody the mystery of human behavior.
Episode 9
Wed, Mar 4, 2026
Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, explains how the first folio of 1623 "gave the world Shakespeare."