Inside the Folger Shakespeare (see yesterday's post and link) the guide gave us a sneak peek of the reading room, off-limits to all except post-doctoral scholars with special passes. Elite. A shrine to Elizabethan England. It opens once a year on the Bard's birthday. Below the candelabra is the entrance to the theater. The long hall has the exhibits showing the very first newspapers in England. The first was printed in Holland and shipped to England.
What to learn? Readers back then wanted the same news that sells today: scandal, celebrity goings-on, gossip, etc. Folger, by the way, was not the coffee company but a Standard Oil of New Jersey mogul and his refined wife.
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