Shakespearian Residues:
A Celebration in Honor of the Bard's 450th Birthday
Frontispiece engraving of William Shakespeare from the First Folio, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
On exhibit April 23 - June 9, 2014
Birthday Party April 23, 5:30 PM
Join us to celebrate the 450th Birthday of William Shakespeare (there will be cake! and dramatic readings). The Kislak Center is home to the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library, one of the world's preeminent collections of Shakespeare, his contemporaries, and the English theater. On display will be early editions, romantic images, quirky artifacts, and works inspired by the Bard from the collections.
Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, sixth floor
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Saturday and Sunday, by prior arrangement (215.898.7088 or kislak@pobox.upenn.edu)
Free and open to the public (please show photo ID at entrance).
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