On Stage Yesterday |
Theater is above all a living art. A performance comes into existence as the curtain rises and disappears with the final applause. As a result, the history of Shakespeare in American theater is fascinating but elusive, filled with experiences that are impossible to fully recapture. To try to imagine what that past was like, explore rare materials from the Folger collection, enjoy actors’ anecdotes from the nineteenth-century world of theatrical touring, and hear the insights of historians as they describe the sights and sounds of performances now long past.