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.
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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…
Review: ASF’s ‘Timon’ premiere superb
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival world premiere production of “Timon of Athens” is brilliant.
To know how brilliant, you have to know a little about “Timon of Athens.”
Timon of Athens
April 25 – May 24, 2014 | Alabama Shakespeare Festival | Production | Montgomery, AL, USA