‘Know us by these colours’: Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2016

‘Know us by these colours’: Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2016 By Sheila T. Cavanagh, Emory University   Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland, Oregon sparked considerable controversy last year when they announced their “Play On!” initiative, whereby current playwrights and dramaturgs are being commissioned to “translate” the plays attributed to Shakespeare into twenty first century English.  […]

• Reviewing Shakespeare
• Amanda Dehnert, Angus Bowmer Theatre, Ashland, Bill Rauch, Christopher Liam Moore, costumes, Daniel Parker, Desdemona Chang, Emory University, English, Gina Daniels, hamlet, Helen Q. Huang, Kate Mulligan, Linda Roethke, Lisa Loomer, Lisa Peterson, Lynn Nottage, music, national theatre, Nicholas Hytner, NT, Oregon, Oregon Shakespeare Festiva, Outdoor, Richard II, Ron Ochs, Sheila T. Cavanagh, Sibyl Wickersheimer, Simon Russell Beale, staging, Timon of Athens, translation, Twelfth Night, USA, Winter's Tale
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