Now, the public will have a chance to judge the full fruits of the effort for itself.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
A Shakespeare Festival Presents Modern Translations. Cue the Debate (Again).
Now, the public will have a chance to judge the full fruits of the effort for itself.
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This project sounds very interesting and I would love to read these modern translations. The purpose stated in the article for this project is to challenge playwrights to analyze this text deeply. This is great because it means the translations will be very truthful in meaning to Shakespeare. I think this is a good project from an accessibility standpoint. The greatest barrier for me and Shakespeare and so many others is the language. That being said, I am in the extreme camp of people that find it unnecessary to be doing the same shows hundreds of years later. This is a way for people who believe Shakespeare still needs to be told but in an extremely different way that is unlike just setting the show in a different time period. It was great to read that the playwrights adapting these shows set up rules so there was unity in the translations. I found it really interesting to read that the playwrights weren’t allowed to fix any of the problematic aspects of the show. For me, this would very hard to me to do as Shakespeare writes some really problematic things but kudos to the playwrights for following this.
This is such a cool idea and project in the works of Shakespeare. I have never heard of an artists work and pieces being used in this way before this but if there was anywhere to start then Shakespeare would be the person to do it. Now while I haven't heard of translation like this I do have the fortunate opportunity to work on a adaptation of sorts as I am work with the Colorado Shakespeare this summer on their piece of King Charles III about the issues that follow the death of Queen Elizabeth II. This kind of work I see becoming more and more popular today as old stories are becoming a larger basis for future and current work. The back story and work of playwrights and performers before are able to carry on and continue stories that people already know and love so that they can be successful on their own.
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