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Why We (Mostly) Stopped Messing With Shakespeare’s Language

Last week, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced that it had commissioned thirty-six playwrights to translate all of Shakespeare’s plays into modern English. The backlash began immediately, with O.S.F. devotees posting their laments on the festival’s Facebook page.

Spelunking with Shakespeare

My name is Lue. And when it comes to Shakespeare, I’m afraid I might be just a little bit tone-deaf.

And after working at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for more than twenty years, I am grateful that there isn’t a competency test because I would not have had the terrific career I have had. But there is much relief in finally confessing my dirty little secret.

A Facelift for Shakespeare

Wall Street Journal A Facelift for Shakespeare A new translation effort aims to make all of Shakespeare’s plays comprehensible to today’s audiences By John H. McWhorter | Updated Sept. 25, 2015 3:08 pm ET The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will announce next…