holds a large quantity of items about that exploration moment complicated lives a moment when elizabethan's, well, jacobean's comp united states. you've got the colonies in jamestown. that is only shakespeare's world planting itself in north america. that's a complicated history. is part of the history of this country but it's also part of what was good and bad about colonialism. >> with william shakespeare unaware of the new world? >> yes, he was. when he wrote the tempest he pretty clearly read a pamphlet which was about a shipwreck in bermuda, but he makes reference to stories about the new world that were coming back, he never visited it. he probably would have great information about it, but when he uses the phrase like brave new world, he is saying that there's this place that we have not explored and its overturning our expectations about what human beings are like and what nature is like. that's something that is firing his imagination. >> that was just a portion of the two are the booktv took of the folger shakespeare library. you can watch the full to work online at booktv.org. tv

holds a large quantity of items about that exploration moment, which includes the moment when elizabethans and -- well, come to the united states. so, you have the colonies and jamestown. that is really shakespeare's world, planting itself in north america, and that's a complicated history. it's part of the history of this country, also part of the -- what was gd

. >> the dawn of a new elizabethan era. >> prime minister david cameron led tributes to the longest-servingonarch. >> her majesty has been steadfast. for our commonwealth and on so many occasions. >> the bells of westminster abbey. the royal horse artillery fired a 100 gun salute. the street parties expected around the country. brent: the dealmakers and the deal breakers. why countries are not taking in migrants as was promised to turkey. the british entrepreneur richard branson says the united nations has just taken a step backwards on its global drugs policy. find out why in an exclusive dw interview. all of that and more after a 62nd -- 60-second break. brent: you are with dw news, live from berlin. the american pop singer prince has died. his publicist confirmed prince died suddenly at his home in minneapolis today. prince was one of the most inventive and influential musicians of his time with hits including purple rain and little red corvette. europe's migration crisis was in focus today as eu interior ministers met in luxembourg. there is broad agreement on a new european border and

holds a large quantity of items about that exploration moment, which includes the moment when elizabethans and -- well, come to the united states. so, you have the colonies and jamestown. that is really shakespeare's world, planting itself in north america, and that's a complicated history. it's part of the history of this country, also part of the -- what was good and bad about colonialism. >> host: was william shakespeare aware of the new world? >> guest: yes, he was, when he wrote "the tempest" he read a book about a ship wreck in bermuda and read stories. never visited it. probably had great information about it but when he uses a phrase like "brave new world" he is saying there's this place that we haven't explored and what is overturning our expectations what human beings are like and what nature is like, and that's something that is just kind of firing his imagination. >> that was just a portion of the tour that booktv took of the library. you can watch the full tour online at booktv.org. now, booktv on c-span2 will be live from the folger shakespeare library at noon on saturday, ap

collection holds a large quantity of items about the expiration moment which includes the moment when elizabethans come to the united states. so you've got the colonies and james town. that is really shakespeare's world planting it off in north america. that is a complicated history. is part of the history of this country, also part of what was good and bad about colonialism. >> was shakespeare where the new world? >> yes, he lies. he pretty clearly read a pamphlet which was about a shipwreck in bermuda. but he makes reference to stories about the new world that were coming back. he probably didn't have great information about it, but when he uses a phrase like brave new world, he is saying that there is this place that we haven't explored and is overturning our expectations about like human beings i like and what nature is like. that is something that is firing his imagination. >> that was a portion of the tour that the tv took at the fulcher shakespeare library. watch the full two or online at otb.org. booktv on c-span2 will be live at noon on saturday, april april 23rd. this is to commemorate t

. >> here we are in the first elizabethan theater in north america built in 1932.e: game players may be able to use the full truth the editor in and when it is digitally scanned. theater iner washington when it is digitally scanned. we now have virtual reality and it isn't surprising that one of the first places that we go to see what the technology provides is shakespeare. may prefer the real thing, but this raises the question, what is the real thing? performance by robots? as shakespeare said, all of the world is a stage. that must include the virtual world. jane o'brien, bbc news. as you havemacbeth never seen her before. one more piece of news. they, the bbc was named recipient of a peabody award for its coverage of the migrant crisis in europe. the citation read that the bbc reminded us why it is the gold standard of the electronic media news with its deeply detailed and humane television and radio reporting. we want to add our congratulations to those who have worked on this story to keep bringing it to our viewers. congratulations to our reporters in the fi

the outfits he wore, some elizabethan, some androgynous and some his own, album covers that recall no other era in which any other plane of existence prince called home. >> he set the trends. >> what comes to mind when they hear the name prince? they recall his style and music. >> sweet cotton candy or something. >> he was just himself. >> to wear what he did and didn't care what you thought. >> reporter: all this constant change, prince scripted with a goal in mind, never breaking character, never sacrificing a style unlike any we had ever seen before. >> we will never fully know the glimpses we got were a far more down to earth than the smoke and mirrors around it. >> reporter: matt king, fox 5 news. ben: stay with us all morning for much more on prince's life and passing. other news this morning, the fallout has become from voter problems in tuesday's new york primary. kerry: the board of elections has suspended brooklyn chief clerk without pay until it figures out what took place following reports of issues including thousands of names missing from voter rolls. according to the po

our collection holds a large quantity of items which includes the moment when the elizabethan's and jackson's come to the united states. you have the colonies and jamestown. that is shakespeare's world planting itself in north america. it's a complicated history. part of what was given that. >> was he aware? >> he was. he clearly where the pamphlet about a shipwreck in bermuda. but he makes reference to stories. never visited it. probably probablyit. probably didn't have great information, but when he uses the phrase he is saying there is this place that we have not explored, overturning our expectation for what human beings alike and when nature is like, something that is firing his imagination. >> one more from the archives. >> this is a copy of the shooting script. laurence olivier's film 1945. this gives us olivier's note to how he wanted this shot which is interesting because maybe you have seen the film, created during the 2nd world war. the famous frame from oneone of the battle scenes. this was viewed as a piece of propaganda during the 2nd world war because it is so storing. so much

collection holds a large quantity of items about that expiration moment which includes the moment when elizabethanscome to the united states. so you have got the colonies in jamestown. that is really shakespeare's world planting itself in north america and that's a complicated history. it's part of the history of this country. it's also part of what was good and bad about claudia was him. >> host: was shakespeare where of the new world? >> guest: yes, he was. and when he wrote the tempest he clearly read a pamphlet which was about a shipwreck in bermuda but he makes reference to stories about the new world coming back. he never visited it. he would probably have great information about it but when he uses a phrase like brave new world, he is saying that there is this place that we have explored and it's overturning our expectations about what human beings are like and what nature is like. that's something that is firing his imagination. >> host: how about one more from the archives to your and then i want to go up to the theater. >> so this is a copy of the shooting script for henry v. this was law

love literature, could have spent my whole life writing about metaphysical poetry, john donne and elizabethans. by some fluke i won a rhodes scholarship, went to oxford, got bored they're actually and so i moved to paris, fortunate that some older riders took me under their wing. one was probably only a few of you will remember, a wonderful writer named james jones who wrote to the world war ii classic from here to eternity. james baldwin was there and other writers. i came back to the united states in 64, and suddenly i heard the voice of dr. king on radio and tv. it changed my whole life. the from cambridge into the black community of boston and started teaching. i actually -- the end of that year since all my students were black, almost all of mm-hmm, there was no black literature at all in the curriculum, i brought in a single poem by langston hughes, the kids loved it. but i was fired the next day. it is called curriculum deviation. our country worked those days, he immediately got fired by the federal government. i have gone on ever since then working with black and latino children, 20 y

. >> oh, what a glorious day it is here in the elizabethan era. the rows, the curtain.hou bounds, for the theater> ? >> i am, my lord. >> it is my destiny. >> but not the theater? >> what strange malady? i'm going to the rose theater. >> i asked if you are going to the theater, specifically the named playhouse? ou maintainedth= some foul malevolence? shall miss the curtain. >> why do you tell me this? >> i do not know. >> thank you, very much. [applause] >> one of the other things we realized was that shakespeare was very young when he wrote his play, around 17. he did not know that making richard the third of the house of york such a likable charact could get him beheaded by his patron, queen elizabeth ii, house of tudor. he is determined to prove a vaudevillian. deceivers ever one thing constant never let them go blind and body i slept like a baby ♪ blind and body hey, my shrink said i was crazy ♪ >> he said you are a hunchback, too. laughed wheny all i said i wanted to be a comedian ♪ >> they are not laughing now. na-na-nah-nee. ♪ >> thank you very much. we have a ma

what a glorious day it is here in the elizabethan era, perfect day to attend a theater and with so manyouses to choose from, the curtain, the theater. are you bound for the theater? >> i am bound for the road. >> i'm not bound for the theater. >> it is the road for which i am bound. >> i remain confused, you said you are not bound for the theater. >> you remain with us and death. the theater is my destination. >> i'm bound for the red. >> the cup old, what strange melody, i am going to the roads theater. >> now i see we might have been across purposes. i ask if you are going to the theater, specifically named playhouse. >> i mystic you, i fight you maintain foul malevolence. >> the rose by any other name . i will miss the curtain. the curtain is that way. >> why do you tell me this? >> i don't know. thank you very much. [applause] >> one of the things we realizes shakespeare was very young when he wrote his first play. we think he was around 17. he was young and foolhardy. he didn't know making richard iii in the house of york such a likable character could get him beheaded by queen eli

you can also see one of our exhibitions, you can see a shakespeare play performed in the first elizabethan theater in north america, and you can come into our reading rooms and request item withs from the hundreds of thousands -- items from the hundreds of thousands of items that we have in our rare collection downstairs. >> host: is the reading room restricted to scholars? >> guest: it's restricted to people who have a good reason to use the collection. so often that's scholars. but if you're not a professional scholar and you need to consult manager for a book you're writing -- something for a book you're writing, we would open our materials to you. >> host: is the folger czechs online? >> guest: -- collection online? >> guest: about 60,000 items, we would call them page openings from the collection, are online in these beautiful, high quality digital images. so one of our missions is to open that collection to people who want to visit us virtually. we're also starting a project to make searchable about 130,000 pages of our manuscript collection. so manuscript is handwritten material. it

collection holds a large quantity of items about that exploration moment which includes the moment when elizabethans and jacobeans come to the new world. that is shakespeare's world planting itself in north america. and that's a complicated history. it's part of the history of this country, it's also part of what was good and bad about colonialism. >> host: was william shakespeare aware of the new world? >> guest: yes, he was. when he wrote the tempest, he clearly, pretty clearly read a pamphlet which was about a ship wreck in bermuda. but he makes reference to stories about the new world that were coming back. and so he never visited it. he probably didn't have great information about it. but when he uses a phrase like "brave new world," he's saying that there's this place that we haven't explored and that is of overturning our expectations about what human beings are like and what nature is like. that's something that is just kind of fighter his imagination. >> host: how about -- firing his imagination. >> host: how about one more -- >> guest: sure. >> host: -- from the archives here, and then i w

. >> let me say we perform shakespeare's plays here in the first elizabethan theater in north americar except the summer months. when you think about a road trip you should come to washington and see the first folio and see shakespeare performing this beautiful tutor theater. >> when i am in dc i go to the folger every visit. i try to see a show if it is there. i remember seeing the 12 night because we were exhausted from a supreme court argument and that was our way of getting over that exhaustion. let me ask you this. which play is most performed, richard iii or hamlet, and who has more lines, hamlet or richard iii? >> hamlet has the largest number of lines. >> hamlet has the most lines in a single play but met margaret has the most lines. >> in multiple plays -- i would bet for the most performed it is richard iii, hamlet is a long and demanding play, you need a fabulous actor to play that role and handle all those lines. i know the internet will answer this question. >> maybe not correctly. >> what is your advice to high school teachers? >> i respect high school teachers who teach

. >> in this modern elizabethan era in which so much around us has changed, her majesty has been steadfastthe iraq of strength for our nation, for commonwealth had many occasions for the whole world. >> she shall be to the hapner said england and aged princess. many days shall see her and yet no do without a need to crown it. stuart: i'm appalled that my fellow americans around this table were laughing at the future king charles. >> yes. stuart: explained this to me. you kicked out king george. he became a republic and now we find that the royal family in england is very, very popular over here. >> of pageantry and tradition in all the beauty of england, plus they've given us a lot of drama and excitement over the last 30 years. stuart: key question. as the british royal family more popular or less popular than the kansas city royals? ashley: you're asking the wrong person. there are others that would say the kansas city royals. stuart: we are going to wrap up this birthday celebration. more in the show later. look at this. pictures from nasa. this is a time months footage of the northern

health receive grants to prepare for and respond to all kinds of outbreaks: ebola, zika, elizabet,elizabethan, which i'lk about in a moment. these cuts are unacceptable and unexplainable. they come at a time when illinois, my state, is in the middle of the longest budget crisis in our state's history. this current governor has been unable to reach an agreement on a budget for almost 11 months. making it difficult for illinois families and state agencies in ordinary circumstances. but because congressional republican leaders have failed to pass a zika emergency public health supplemental requested by president obama, the administration has had to divert money away from states like illinois to respond to the threat of the zika virus in other states. is this any way to govern a great nation? illinois should not have to lose precious funding to deal with public health threats because republican congressional leaders from southern states, i might add, have refused to pass the necessary additional funding to deal with zika, a virus that will likely impact their states first and hardest. we have to