This year, Elizabethan Fashion is a special focus of the Birthday. We'll explore clothing worn in Elizabethan times and celebrate its influence on productions of Shakespeare plays and fashion today. Step into Shakespeare's Closet to try on bumrolls, farthingales, and pumpkin pants—typical clothing of the 16th century. Check out Costumes Through the Ages, a special exhibition of production sketches and drawings from the collection, showing how Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been interpreted over the centuries. Examine illustrations from students of Marymount University's Fashion Design Program and see how they've reinvented Elizabethan dress for the 21st century. Finally, come to the Birthday dressed in your own interpretation of your favorite Shakespeare character and strut your stuff down our Renaissance Runway !
Other Birthday festivities include:
* A cake-cutting ceremony in honor of Shakespeare presided over by Queen Elizabeth I at 3:30pm on the front lawn of the Folger.
* Renaissance music, song, and dance throughout the Folger.
* Shakespeare Portrait Contest with winners announced at the day's end.
* Stories of life in 16th-century England.
* Onstage at the Folger, Shakespeare lovers performing their own bit in "Spontaneous Shakespeare" hosted by our very own Mistress of the Revels, Cam Magee.
* Hear the winners of this year's student Sonnet Contest.
* Free children's activities and Elizabethan crafts, including:
*** Shakespearean fortune-telling;
*** quill pen writing;
*** brooch-making;
*** felt pendant-making;
*** potpourri-making; and
*** garland-making.
* Don't miss the Folger's Secondary School Shakespeare Festival performances.
* Tours of the reading rooms—this is the one day of the year the reading rooms are open to the public. View Flemish tapestries from the 16th Century, paintings from scenes of the Bard’s plays, and the famed "Seven Ages of Man" stained glass window.
* Explore the Elizabethan Garden filled with plants popular in Shakespeare’s time and mentioned in his plays and Shakespeare-inspired statues by American artist Greg Wyatt. Docent-led tours plus a plant sale!
* Scavenger Hunt available for the current exhibition in the Great Hall.
* Mementos on sale at the Folger Gift Shop.
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