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"What Imitation You Can Borrow"

Alternative title
Episode 126
Synopsis
Barbara Bogaev interviews novelist Ian Doescher about his ‘pop Shakespeare’ series, books that refashion popular film stories, such as the Star Wars and Back to the Future series as well as the comedy Mean Girls, as if they had been written by Shakespeare, even using iambic pentameter and other Elizabethan literary tropes and devices.
Series
Shakespeare Unlimited
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Audio
Transmission details
23 Jul 2019
Duration
30:25

Credits

Producer
Garland Scott; Richard Paul
Editor
Gail Kern Paster
Contributor
Barbara Bogaev; Ian Doescher

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Subjects
Drama; Shakespeare
Keywords
Elizabethan drama
Related items
"I Feel Now the Future in the Instant"

Notes

Notes
Episode 126 of Shakespeare Unlimited. The website also offers a transcript of the podcast.

Online Availability

Online URL
https://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/doescher-mean-girls
Online format
Streamed/Download

Production Company

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email
reference@folger.edu
Web
http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
Phone
(202) 544 4600
Fax
(202) 544 4623
Address
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA

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