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
Credits
- Director
- Peter Novak
- Production Design
- Hiroshi Iwasaki
- Costume
- Linda Cho
- Cast
Additional Details
- 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
- 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.
Online Availability
- Online URL
- http://www.aslshakespeare.com
Online Retailer
- Name
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av70728 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)