Watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. Michael witmore, what is the Folger Shakespeare library . It was greater in 1932 by Henry Clay Folger and his wife. They had a big idea which is the original sources for shakespeare and his world would be of value to everyone in perpetuity. So they collected those materials and they put them. Two blocks away from this capital as akin to the nation. Y. Washington, d. C. . They felt it was an international city. Its our capital and that this was really a truly national and international asset. In addition to putting this marvelous collection here, they created this remarkable building which housed the First North American tudor theater, beautiful great although were in which is on hampton corporate another medieval reading the. Mr. Folger was president of standard oil, and he made his fortune as an oilman. Hed been while he was running standard oil very quietly acquired the greatest shakespeare collection in the world, bar none. Includi
From our studios in new york city, this is charlry captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Brief candle. Life is but a walking shadow. A poor player of up on the stage. And then it hurt no more. It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and furry. Signifying nothing. Welcome to our charlry rose special edition, why shakespeare. We will hear from some of the most celebrated actors, directors and scholars working today am theyll help us better understand the complexity and the genius of william shakespeare. Nearly 400 years after his death were still left wondering how could one person write so beautifully, be so enduring and speak so eloquently to what it means to be human. Shakespeares great rival ben johnson wrote of him, he was not of an age, but for all time. Laurence olivier once called him the nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of god. William shakespeare was born in 1564 in the small pro vention english town of s
From our studios in new york city, this is charlry captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Brief candle. Life is but a walking shadow. A poor player of up on the stage. And then it hurt no more. It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and furry. Signifying nothing. Welcome to our charlry rose special edition, why shakespeare. We will hear from some of the most celebrated actors, directors and scholars working today am theyll help us better understand the complexity and the genius of william shakespeare. Nearly 400 years after his death were still left wondering how could one person write so beautifully, be so enduring and speak so eloquently to what it means to be human. Shakespeares great rival ben johnson wrote of him, he was not of an age, but for all time. Laurence olivier once called him the nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of god. William shakespeare was born in 1564 in the small pro vention english town of s
Following . Aya decisional funding provided by these funders . From our studios in new york city, this is charlry captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Brief candle. Life is but a walking shadow. A poor player of up on the stage. And then it hurt no more. It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and furry. Signifying nothing. Welcome to our charlry rose special edition, why shakespeare. We will hear from some of the most celebrated actors, directors and scholars working today am theyll help us better understand the complexity and the genius of william shakespeare. Nearly 400 years after his death were still left wondering how could one person write so beautifully, be so enduring and speak so eloquently to what it means to be human. Shakespeares great rival ben johnson wrote of him, he was not of an age, but for all time. Laurence olivier once called him the nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of god. William shakespe
Aya decisional funding provided by these funders . From our studios in new york city, this is charlry captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Brief candle. Life is but a walking shadow. A poor player of up on the stage. And then it hurt no more. It is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and furry. Signifying nothing. Welcome to our charlry rose special edition, why shakespeare. We will hear from some of the most celebrated actors, directors and scholars working today am theyll help us better understand the complexity and the genius of william shakespeare. Nearly 400 years after his death were still left wondering how could one person write so beautifully, be so enduring and speak so eloquently to what it means to be human. Shakespeares great rival ben johnson wrote of him, he was not of an age, but for all time. Laurence olivier once called him the nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of god. William shakespeare was born