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Thou Art Translated

31 Saturday Oct 2015

Posted by la Clarina in Lostintranslation, Theatre

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Kelly Monroe Johnston, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Peasant and Rogue Players, PlayOn!, shakespeare

Bless thee! Thou art translated!

Bless thee, Bottom…

You know the OSF and their PlayOn! project? The one about “translating” Shakespeare into contemporary English? We spoke about it a few posts ago, remember?

Well, here is Kelly Monroe Johnston’s take on the matter. Mr. Johnston is co-artistic director of the Rogue and Peasant Players, a New York-based company with a seriously Shakespearean background.

The company, it seems is “of about 11 minds on the issue”, but Mr. Johnston’s argument is a valid and interesting one: he says he is not afraid that the OSF’s translators will fail – but that they will succeed…

How so? Read the post to find out. Here is the link again.

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Easier?

15 Thursday Oct 2015

Posted by la Clarina in Lostintranslation, Theatre

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Alexander Pope, Bill Rauch, bowdlerisation, James Shapiro, Nahum Tate, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, shakespeare, Translation

OSFSo it seems that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has commissioned new versions of Shakespeare’s plays. They took 37 playwrights and asked them to rewrite Shakespeare’s plays, to translate them into contemporary language.

Why, you may ask? Continue reading →

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