Editing Folger Shakespeare Library (section)

====Elizabethan Theatre====
Initially, the Elizabethan Theatre was not intended for theatrical performance. The original model was the [[Fortune Playhouse]], and then the [[Globe Theatre]]; these models proved difficult to replicate exactly, and the Folgers ultimately decided to incorporate features from multiple theaters to give visitors a general picture of a theater during the Elizabethan era. Before Folger Theatre productions began, the Elizabethan Theatre was used for concert performances and academic lectures. The theater, which seats around 260, has no pit. Painted on the ceiling is a well-known quote from ''As You Like It'': "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."{{sfn|Grant|2014|p=151}}

The first theatrical performance in the Elizabethan Theatre was a 1949 production of ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' by the Amherst Masquers. The Folger Theatre Group formed in 1970 when the Elizabethan Theatre became compliant with Washington, D.C. fire safety laws. Early productions included ''Dionysus Wants You!'', which adapted ''[[The Bacchae]]'' into a rock musical, and ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.{{sfn|Grant|2014|p=194}}