The Play's the Thing: 400 Years of Shakespeare on Stage March 24, 2010

People have produced, starred in, and enjoyed the spectacle of Shakespeare's work on stage for more than four centuries. Explore a surprising variety of materials created by professional and amateur actors, producers, theaters, and newspapers to create and publicize the latest Shakespearean creations. Broadside advertisements, homemade programs, a nineteenth-century fund raising show book, and a hand-made manuscript prompt book from the early nineteenth century are just some of the objects on display.