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Theater lecturer Chesney Snow and students in his fall course, “The Oral Interpretation of Toni and William,” present a multimedia oral interpretation of literature installation that examines speech as an aspect of fine art. In collaboration with Firestone Library’s special collections exhibition, "In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison." Gallery open daily 10 AM - 8 PM.
Continuing with our ongoing exploration of multiple centuries of music, Early Music Princeton (EMP) honors Firestone Library’s exhibit “In the Company of Good Books: Shakespeare to Morrison,” with a tribute to Shakespeare. Vocal and instrumental works featuring the bard’s texts and composers he may have listened to, as well as those that may have passed him by, EMP presents music by Holborne, Dowland, Percy, Weelkes, Morley, Telemann (a programmatic nod to Cervantes and “Don Quixote”), and more…
Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of “Desdemona”—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.
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Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of “Desdemona”—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good books. Open to the public weekdays 10 AM-6 PM; weekends 11 AM-6 PM.