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  • The Folger Shakespeare Library

    Date
    May 21, 2017
    Category
    Collection update

    The Folger has a small collection of 24 comedias sueltas represented by early editions of the two greatest Golden Age playwrights: Calderón (21 titles) and Lope de Vega (3 titles). Librarians at the Folger Library are perfectly cognizant of the literary connection between Spanish Golden Age drama and Shakespeare’s plays. However, they chose several decades … Continue reading The Folger Shakespeare Library