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Sean San José Updates Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ for Today’s World

When the Play On Shakespeare initiative reached out to San Francisco-based queer theater maker Sean San José with an offer to take part in their effort to update the plays of Shakespeare with modern language "translations" of the Shakespearean canon, José [...] had his doubts.

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Sean San José Updates Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ for Today’s World

By Kilian Melloy | April 3, 2023

When the Play On Shakespeare initiative reached out to San Francisco-based queer theater maker Sean San José with an offer to take part in their effort to update the plays of Shakespeare with modern language “translations” of the Shakespearean canon, José – a co-founder of Campo Santo, which produces work intended to question and challenge, and now the first person of color to serve as artistic director for the revered Magic Theatre – had his doubts.

Read about the origins of Sean San José’s translation of Coriolanus, review press articles, find publications and podcasts, and learn more about the artists involved, all in one place!