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AS YOU LIKE IT, ACT 3, SCENE 2 Essays. Scene 2. Enter Orlando, ⌜with a paper.⌝. ORLANDO. Hang there, my verse, in witness of my love. And thou, thrice-crownèd queen of night, survey. With thy chaste eye, from thy pale sphere above, Thy huntress’ name that my full life doth sway. 5 O Rosalind, these trees shall be my books, 20 SHAKESPEARE QUOTES ABOUT LOVE The word “love” appears 2,146 times in Shakespeare’s collected works (including a handful of “loves” and “loved”). Add to that 59 instances of “beloved” and 133 uses of “loving” and you’ve got yourself a “whole lotta love.” So, what does Shakespeare have to say about love? Here are 20 quotations from the

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The Folger Shakespeare Library and our publishing partner, Simon & Schuster Audio, hope you enjoy these excerpts from our audio performance of Shakespeare’s Othello.This production was performed by the professional actors of Folger Theatre, in consultation with the editors of The Folger Shakespeare. HAMLET, ACT 4, SCENE 7 ACT 4. SC. 7. That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream. Therewith fantastic garlands did she make. Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, 195 But our cold maids do “dead men’s fingers” call. them. There on the pendant boughs her coronet weeds. RICHARD II, ACT 2, SCENE 1 Richard II. ACT 2. SC. 1. Against the envy of less happier lands, 55 This blessèd plot, this earth, this realm, this. England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Feared by their breed and famous by their birth, Renownèd for their deeds as far from home. HAMLET, ACT 4, SCENE 5 5 She speaks much of her father, says she hears. There’s tricks i’ th’ world, and hems, and beats her. heart, Spurns enviously at straws, speaks things in doubt. That carry but half sense. Her speech is nothing, 10 Yet the unshapèd use of it doth move. The hearers to collection. They aim at it. HAMLET, ACT 4, SCENE 3 HAMLET I see a cherub that sees them. But come, for England. Farewell, dear mother. KING Thy loving father, Hamlet. HAMLET 60 My mother. Father and mother is man and wife, Man and wife is one flesh, and so, my mother.— Come, for England. He exits. KING Follow him at foot; tempt him with speed aboard. Delay it not. I’ll have him hence

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MACBETH, ACT 3, SCENE 1 Enter Banquo. BANQUO Thou hast it now—king, Cawdor, Glamis, all As the Weïrd Women promised, and I fear Thou played’st most foully for ’t. Yet it was said It should not stand in thy posterity, 5 But that myself should be the root and father Of many kings. If there come truth from them (As upon thee, Macbeth, their speeches shine) Why, by the verities on thee made good, HENRY IV, PART 1, ACT 3, SCENE 2 Henry IV, Part I. ACT 3. SC. 2. He’ll breed revengement and a scourge for me. But thou dost in thy passages of life. 10 Make me believe that thou art only marked. For the hot vengeance and the rod of heaven. To punish my mistreadings. FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARYSHAKESPEARE'S WORKSSHAKESPEARE'S LIFESHAKESPEARE'S THEATERPUBLISHING SHAKESPEAREFIRST FOLIO FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY. 201 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 . Main (202) 544-4600 Box Office (202) 544-7077. Our building on Capitol Hill is closed due to a major building renovation project, but Folger events and programs continue online. THE FOLGER SHAKESPEAREREADDOWNLOADCITELISTENABOUTMACBETH Read Shakespeare’s plays for free from the Folger Shakespeare Library! Full texts, summaries, illustrations, guides for reading, plus more about Shakespeare’s language, life, and the world he knew. SHAKESPEARE UNLIMITED PODCAST Shakespeare Unlimited is produced for the Folger by Richard Paul, an award-winning public radio documentary producer and author. Garland Scott, who heads up communications and marketing for the Folger, is the associate producer. Gail Kern Paster, consulting editor of Shakespeare Quarterly and director emerita of the Folger, edits the

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MACBETH | THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE Its story was once seen as that of a hero who commits an evil act and pays an enormous price. Recently, it has been applied to nations that overreach themselves and to modern alienation. The line is blurred between Macbeth’s evil and his opponents’ good, and there are new attitudes toward both witchcraft and gender. Download.

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WORDS, WORDS, WORDS BOOK CLUB FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY. 201 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 . Main (202) 544-4600 Box Office (202) 544-7077. Our building on Capitol Hill is closed due to a major building renovation project, but Folger events and programs continue online. POSTCARDS IN THE (HOME) ARCHIVE: FOLGER POSTCARDS, 1935 A guest post by Stephen Grant. Editor’s Note: Stephen’s previous post covers postcards of the Folger from 1934.. Left: Statue of Puck, Folger Shakespeare Library 1935. Right: Address side of

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The purpose of the Union First Line Index, hosted by the Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, D.C.), is to enable literary research by providing a database of the first lines of manuscript and printed verse held by the contributing institutions or listed in published bibliographies. Researchers can enter keywords as search terms; search by First Line, Last Line, Author, Title, Shelfmark A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Learn about A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and the play's characters, story, themes, and history with a plot synopsis, a character map, famous quotes, blog posts and podcast episodes about notable performances, and images from the Folger collection. TIMELINE OF SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE Timeline of Shakespeare's Life. 1564: William Shakespeare born in Stratford-upon-Avon. 1582: Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway. 1583: Shakespeare’s first child, Susanna, is born. 1585: Shakespeare’s twins, Judith and Hamnet, are born. 1592: Shakespeare is first alluded to as a playwright, in Greene’s Groates-worth of Wit. RIGGE, AMBROSE. THE GOOD OLD VVAY AND TRUTH : WHICH THE Rigge, Ambrose. The good old vvay and truth : which the ancient Christians many ages and generations ago witnessed unto in the world from age to age; even from the dayes of Christ unto this very time, wherein the same doctrine, life and practice is witnessed unto by us who are in contempt called Quakers, through many tribulations. MACBETH | THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE Its story was once seen as that of a hero who commits an evil act and pays an enormous price. Recently, it has been applied to nations that overreach themselves and to modern alienation. The line is blurred between Macbeth’s evil and his opponents’ good, and there are new attitudes toward both witchcraft and gender. Download. TAYLOR, RICHARD. A HISTORY OF THE UNION BETWEEN THE London : Printed for J. Marshal, at the Bible in Grace-Church-Street, and are to be sold at the Bible in Newgate-street, MDCXCVIII.

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