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Plain-English versions get treated as sacrilege by people who already find the originals easy.
If it gets someone to the play, what exactly is lost?
Shakespeare Out Loud
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Plays are scripts, not novels. We read them aloud, in parts, and it changes everything. This is a Chaptra house club — set up and moderated by us to get the conversation going. Open to everyone; jump in anywhere.
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Modern translations: heresy or access?
Started by Nishant Kumar 1 reply3 views
Access. And the purist position quietly assumes the original is transparent, which it isn't — most people reading "untranslated" Shakespeare are leaning on footnotes for every third line anyway.