"Altered Much About the Hearing It"

Alternative title
Shakespeare in Sign Language
Synopsis
Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, is the world’s only university designed to be barrier-free for deaf and hard of hearing students. For more than 150 years, its students have been performing Shakespeare without spoken words. During October 2016, the Folger’s nationwide First Folio tour is at Gallaudet, which also has a companion exhibition "First Folio: Eyes on Shakespeare," curated by Jill Bradbury, a Gallaudet English professor, and Gallaudet Museum Director Meredith Peruzzi. In this podcast Bradbury talks to Neva Grant and gives a tour of the exhibition and of the world of Shakespeare in sign language.
Series
Shakespeare Unlimited
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Audio
Recording date
18 Oct 2016
Duration
27 mins

Credits

Producer
Richard Paul
Contributor
Jill Bradbury; Neva Grant

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
deaf persons; hearing-impaired persons; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); sign languages; American sign language

Notes

Notes
Podcast: http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-59 (accessed 10/2016). Transcript at: http://www.folger.edu/sites/default/files/ShaxUnlimited_Gallaudet_Transcript.pdf

Online Availability

Online URL
http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-59

Production Company

Name

R.L. Paul Productions

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, ""Altered Much About the Hearing It"". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av77406 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)