About our rating systemI also highly recommend productions staged in the Elizabethan-styled Folger Theatre at the Folger Shakespeare Library ★★, on Capitol Hill, 201 E. Capitol St. SE, at 2nd Street (www.folger.edu; [tel] 202/544-7077), which celebrates its 87th anniversary in 2019. The theater typically produces three to four plays each season, using the same fine directors (Aaron Posner’s a favorite) and casting the same excellent actors (Holly Twyford is always a treat), that you’ll see at the Shakespeare Theatre and other stages around town. The main differences at the Folger are its design—its three-tiered wooden balconies, oak-carved columns, and half-timbered facade resemble the courtyard of an English Renaissance inn—and its intimacy: The theater holds 270 people. The theater is also the setting for musical performances, lectures, readings, and other events.
Washington, D.C.› Attraction
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 E. Capitol St. SE
Our Rating
Neighborhood
Capitol Hill
Hours
Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Free walk-in tours Mon–Sat 11am, 1pm, and 3pm; Sun noon and 3pm. Garden tours Sat 10am Apr–Oct. Reading Room tours Sat noon and Sun 1pm; reservations required. Closed federal holidays.
Transportation
Metro: Capitol South or Union Station
Phone
202/544-4600
Prices
Free admission
Web site
Folger Shakespeare Library
Neighborhood
Capitol Hill
Hours
Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Free walk-in tours Mon–Sat 11am, 1pm, and 3pm; Sun noon and 3pm. Garden tours Sat 10am Apr–Oct. Reading Room tours Sat noon and Sun 1pm; reservations required. Closed federal holidays.
Transportation
Metro: Capitol South or Union Station
Phone
202/544-4600
Prices
Free admission
Web site
Folger Shakespeare Library
Map
201 E. Capitol St. SE Washington, D.C.Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.
