Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture, ...

2008-04-21 20:00:00 - 2008-04-21 00:00:00

This annual lecture will be given by Alan Stewart, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. In “How Shakespeare Made History,” Stewart explores how, when Shakespeare created his kings, he was entering into a crucial Renaissance debate: how to re-make British history to meet the demands of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Monday, April 21 at 8 p.m. Free lecture followed by a reception. No reservations required; 202.675.0333 for more information.