American Shakespeare Center, home of the Blackfriars Playhouse - the world's only re-creation of Shakespeare's indoor theatre.
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ALT A copy of the First Folio - open at a page with an illustration of William Shakespeare, after an unknown artist (1623). Credit: Folger Shakespeare Library (Creative Commons License).
ALT A copy of the First Folio open at a double page spread of the 'To the Reader' and the portrait of William Shakespeare.
ALT Jeanne 1 (Jihan Haddad), Jean 3 (Eli Lynn), and Commerson (Marcel Mascaro) in Thrive. Photography by Anna Kariel.
ALT Sir Toby Belch (Eli Lynn) and Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Marcel Mascaro), in Twelfth Night. Photography by Anna Kariel.
ALT The title page of A Midsummer Night's Dream from Shakespeare's First Folio. Set in bold type with decorative elements at the top of the page the printing on the reverse of the page can be seen behind the play text.
ALT The contents page of the First Folio, highlighted to indicate the plays which may have been lost were it not for the publication of this book.
ALT A statue of a model of the First Folio itself surmounted by a bust of Shakespeare.
ALT A photograph of a red throne with a crown resting on the seat. A large number 10 is in the top corner. Text reads: They arranged the Histories by the chronology of the reigns Shakespeare had dramatized (from King John to Henry VIII) - not in the order of his writing them.
ALT A view of the Globe Theatre on a cloudy day, looking down into the Yard and onto the stage - with audiences watching a show, and actors onstage performing a scene from a play.