William Shakespeare's Star Wars by Ian Doescher

As Ian Doescher can tell us, that can be tough to do. But, there’s a different type of Shakespearean adaptation that’s a lot harder to get right: that’s when someone takes an existing piece of popular entertainment, and reimagines it as if it had been written by Shakespeare. This podcast is called, “I Feel Now The Future In The Instant.” Shakespeare adaptations are a proud tradition: Prokofiev turned Romeo and Juliet into a ballet, Verdi turned Macbeth and Othello into operas, and Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night have been converted by Hollywood into teen comedies. I’m Michael Witmore, the Folger’s director. MICHAEL WITMORE: From the Folger Shakespeare Library, this is Shakespeare Unlimited. Previous: The Millionaire and the Bard | Next: Portraits of Shakespeare We had help from Timmy Olmstead at WAMU-FM in Washington and Lisa Dougherty and the staff at Digital One recording studios in Portland, Oregon. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. “I Feel Now The Future In The Instant” was produced by Richard Paul. Listen to Shakespeare Unlimited on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, NPR One, or wherever you get your podcasts.įrom the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Ian Doescher is the author of six books under the series title, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars, based on the hit films featuring Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and the rest.

But there’s a different type of Shakespeare adaptation that’s a lot harder to get right – that’s when someone takes an existing piece of popular entertainment and reimagines it as if it might have been written by Shakespeare. Verdi turned Macbeth and Othello into operas, and The Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night have been converted by Hollywood into teen comedies. Prokofiev turned Romeo and Juliet into a ballet. Shakespeare adaptations are a proud tradition.

William Shakespeare's Star Wars by Ian Doescher