About Play On Shakespeare
Play On Shakespeare is a non-profit company dedicated to promoting and creating contemporary modern English translations of Shakespeare’s plays. Through partnerships with artists and organizations worldwide, Play On Shakespeare delivers these translations via theatrical productions, workshops and trainings, podcasts, publications, and film. Play On Shakespeare is made possible through generous support of the Hitz Foundation.
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Play On Shakespeare, a project dedicated to creating versions of Shakespeare’s plays in modern English… feels like Shakespeare, but our 21st century ears acclimate to it faster.
Laura Collins-Hughes
The New York Times
Shakespeare’s accessible to newbies in Inferno Theatre’s ‘Twelfth Night’
Lily Janiak
San Francisco Chronicle
Why Rewrite Shakespeare Into Modern English? Why Not, Says Playwright Hansol Jung
Margaret Hall
Playbill
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[PLAY] written by William Shakespeare
in a modern verse translation by [PLAYWRIGHT]
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