William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Synopsis: A production of Twelfth Night in American Sign Language (ASL) with English voice over directed by Peter Novak and performed by the Amaryllis Theatre Company, Philadelphia and other deaf performers.
Language: Sign Language
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2006
Duration: 131 mins

Theatre: Prince Music Theatre, Philadelphia
Theatre company: Amaryllis Theatre Company, Philadelphia
Production type: Other
Plays: Twelfth Night
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: deaf persons; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); American sign language
Related items: Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’: An American Sign Language Translation

Notes: The DVD also features optional captions and a menu of each act and scene. Additional materials, including lesson plans, play synopsis, character names in ASL, themes of Twelfth Night, a downloadable and printable copy of the play, essays about Shakespeare’s life and career, ASL translation issues, and more are available at http://www.aslshakespeare.com (accessed 08/2008).
Textual information: Master translator is Adrian Blue.
Reviews: Novak, Peter, ‘Where Lies Your Text?': Twelfth Night in American Sign Language Translation’ in Shakespeare Survey 61: Shakespeare, Sound and Screen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). p. 74-90.

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