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Folger Book Club: 'Queen Hereafter' by Isabelle Schuler
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Folger Book Club: 'Queen Hereafter' by Isabelle Schuler

Folger Theatre · Capitol Hill

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This is ideal for readers interested in Shakespearean reinterpretations who want historical grounding over fantasy wish-fulfillment, and for anyone who enjoys book club conversations that dig into women's agency in pre-modern contexts. Skip it if you're looking for a straightforward escape—this demands engagement with moral ambiguity.

The Folger's March book club selection takes a page from the glut of feminist retellings to explore Lady Macbeth before she became Shakespeare's blood-stained villain. Schuler's *Queen Hereafter* positions a young woman navigating the brutal politics of 11th-century Scotland—a setting that grounds the familiar character in historical plausibility rather than supernatural gothic. This is less about reclaiming a woman's agency through modern sensibilities and more about understanding how ambition, survival, and complicity intertwine in a world where a woman's power is always contingent on her husband's position. Discussing this at the Folger, mere blocks from where Shakespeare's plays are performed and studied, adds a layer of literary archaeology that the venue's scholars and patrons will likely relish.

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Folger Theatre is in Capitol Hill. The nearest Metro station is Union Station (Red Line), located about a 10-minute walk away. The Blue and Silver Lines also serve Union Station, making it accessible from multiple directions across the city.
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