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Originally Posted by Nate the Great
PNQ: Is keeping the original dialogue necessary for a true adaptation of Shakespeare? Is his genius only present in his dialogue, with the characters, plotlines, etc. secondary in importance?
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It turns out he dropped a lot of references to current events into his plays as well. The porter in Macbeth who goes on about equivocating, for example, is referring to the then-recent discovery that Jesuits had been teaching English Catholics how to not-lie in order to hide priests from the authorities.
At the end of the day, it all comes down to what you feel is important to you, to the integrity of the play, and to the audience.
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12-08-2020, 03:40 PM
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