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Director Defends Plan to “Translate” William Shakespeare’s Plays into Modern English

By Robert Viagas for Playbill, 15 October 2015 Bill Rauch, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, took to the pages of American Theatre magazine to explain and defend his plans to have contemporary playwrights “translate” all 39 of William Shakespeare‘s plays into modern English. The massive project aims to make Shakespeare’s works more understandable for modern audiences, with all 39 […]

November 1, 2015 · 0 comments · Theaters
2016 Oregon Shakespeare Festival season announced

2016 Oregon Shakespeare Festival season announced

By Lee Juillerat for the Herald and News, 2 April 2015 The 2015 season is just a month underway, but there are already great expectations for the 2016 sea-son at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. Five plays by Shakespeare, including the seldom produced “Timon of Athens” and “Richard II,” are part of the playbill announced recently by Bill Rauch, […]

April 7, 2015 · 0 comments · Theaters