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Folger Shakespeare Library · Capitol Hill

Escuchar su voz: mujeres negras y Shakespeare (To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare)

Upcoming16 October 2026 – 2 May 2027·Free

Bajo el comisariado de Patricia Akhimie, un centenar de fotografías, programas de mano, diarios y trajes recorren 450 años de diálogo entre las mujeres negras y Shakespeare, desde Phillis Wheatley hasta Maya Angelou y Toni Morrison.

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