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Director Defends Plan to "Translate" William Shakespeare's Plays into Modern English by Robert Viagas

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.

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:51pm on October 15, 2015 ☆ ⚑

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