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Why Rewrite Shakespeare Into Modern English? Why Not, Says Playwright Hansol Jung

Playbill interviews Hansol Jung on her translation of Romeo and Juliet, most recently produced with NAATCO and Two River Theater.

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Why Rewrite Shakespeare Into Modern English? Why Not, Says Playwright Hansol Jung

By Diep Tran | May 17, 2023

It’s a question she’s gotten many times about her work on Romeo and Juliet, and Jung’s answer is always the same: “Why not? It’s not erasing what’s already there. What’s already there is being done so many times everywhere all the time. This is an experiment.”