Folger Elizabethan Theatre Schedule

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The large Art Deco window and door grilles are aluminum.Inside, the building is designed in a Tudor style with oak paneling and plaster ceilings.

Emily Folger, who had worked with her husband on his collection, supplied the funds to complete the project.

The land was then occupied by townhouses, and Folger spent several years buying the separate lots.

Several productions have won a Helen Hayes Award. "Helen Hayes Awards and Nominations" list on Folger site The Folger Consort, the library's resident early music ensemble, also performs a regular concert program.The annual PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction readings are performed in the Folger's Elizabethan Theatre.The O.B.Hardison, Jr.

The library opened on April 23, 1932 (believed to be Shakespeare's birthday).

The two reading rooms (one added in the early 1980s) are reserved for use by scholars who have obtained advance permission.

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