Folger Library Looks To Bring Shakespeare To Virtual Audience

By Emily Cahn
Roll Call Staff

For 80 years, the staff at the Folger Shakespeare Library has worked to make the works of playwright William Shakespeare accessible to the masses.

They've adapted his works for a 21st-century audience by modernizing the language, the set design and the costumes in his plays to bridge the divide between Shakespeare’s complicated texts and their themes, many of which still resonate today.

But as the Folger celebrates its 80th anniversary, the staff is rethinking the meaning of "accessibility," taking the library’s offerings and pushing them out through an increasing variety of social media channels, Web-based tools and even virtual classroom experiences, bringing the Folger's collection to a wider audience.

"We now live in an era in which there are opportunities to transcend brick-and-mortar buildings

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