Curious Minds: Shakespeare

Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, describes how a love of clever language unites Shakespeare's audiences with Twitter users.

Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, describes how the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials lies protected in a bank like vault.

Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, regards Shakespeare's genius as a deep and abiding mystery.

Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, sees a parallel between modern media and the emergence of public theatre in Shakespeare's time.

Shakespeare worked with and borrowed from other writers, submits Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Shakespeare dared to appeal to audiences both common and elite, says Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Shakespeare's plays were among the many amusements available to Londoners in 1600, explains Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

For Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare's characters embody the mystery of human behavior.

Michael Witmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, explains how the first folio of 1623 "gave the world Shakespeare."