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Reworking Shakespeare for a modern Chinese audience

Reworking Shakespeare for a modern Chinese audience

By Raymond Zhou for The Telegraph, 21 October 2015 The first production of Shakespeare in was staged in 1902 when, in an effort to better understand English history and language, students at Shanghai St John College put on The Merchant of Venice in the original English. The story of Antonio, Portia and Shylock also produced the most popular Chinese-language dramatisations in the early […]

November 1, 2015 · 0 comments · Global
“Shakespeare in Print and Performance” Guides Visitors through 400 Years of the Bard on Paper and on Stage

“Shakespeare in Print and Performance” Guides Visitors through 400 Years of the Bard on Paper and on Stage

Press release at UT News, 14 September 2015 On the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616, the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, presents the exhibition “Shakespeare in Print and Performance,” commemorating the enduring legacy, longevity and relevance of the most frequently performed and most venerated English playwright. The exhibition draws on […]

September 24, 2015 · 0 comments · Uncategorized