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Folger Shakespeare Library · Capitol Hill

Entendre sa voix : les femmes noires et Shakespeare (To Hear Her Speak: Black Women and Shakespeare)

Upcoming16 October 2026 – 2 May 2027·Free

Sous le commissariat de Patricia Akhimie, une centaine de photographies, programmes de théâtre, journaux intimes et costumes retracent 450 ans de dialogue entre les femmes noires et l'œuvre de Shakespeare, de Phillis Wheatley à Maya Angelou et Toni Morrison.

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