The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 19.0354  Thursday, 12 June 2008

From:       Bea Bosco <
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Date:       Thursday, 12 Jun 2008 11:45:44 -0500
Subject:    Shakespeare in Spanish and Hip-Hop Shakespeare

Chicago Shakespeare Theater is developing two world premiere productions this 
summer, a bilingual Spanish-English Romeo and Juliet, Romeo y Julieta, and a 
hip-hop Much Ado about Nothing, Funk It Up About Nuthin' (by two of the guys who 
did Bomb-itty of Errors). I am looking for precedents for both.

I would appreciate references to productions of

1) any Shakespeare play produced as a contemporary adaptation that uses some 
Spanish.

2) any professional (i.e., non-academic) production of any Shakespeare play 
adapted with hip-hop language or style. This can include any kind of 
performance, such as Rennie Harris' dance piece Rome and Jewels.

Beatrice Bosco PhD
Associate Director of Education
Chicago Shakespeare Theater


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