The questions for The Revenger's Tragedy should be posted soon--but read Acts 1 and 2 in the meantime.
Link to my article: http://hblackbeard.blogspot.com/2015/10/translating-shakespeare-for-english.html?spref=fb
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Should Shakespeare Be Translated?
For some Spring Break reading (or future research), here's an article I wrote last year about the debate on translating Shakespeare. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival decided to commission new versions of the plays in 'modern' language. Needless to say, this inspired some debate about what it means to perform Shakespeare. I weighed in as well--and so might we, by the end of the semester! :)
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