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Having just concluded a monthlong series on Roman films, the Friends of the Philadelphia City Institute Library are spending December hosting a weekly sequence of flicks dedicated to the world's most celebrated wordsmith, William Shakespeare. The five-film lineup — thoughtfully representing different regions, time periods and genres — begins with Tom Stoppard's 1990 Hamlet-twisted Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and subsequently includes Giuseppe Verdi's comic opera, Falstaff, and the 1998 rom-com that sent all our young hearts aflutter, Shakespeare in Love. Oh, Gwyneth, won't thou please eateth a sandwich?
Every Wednesday in December, 2 p.m., free, Free Library, Philadelphia City Institute Branch, 1905 Locust St., 215-685-6621, freelibrary.org.


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