Reprising ASL at ACT

Romeo and Juliet at A Contemporary Theatre

  • Michael W. Shurgot South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA. USA. (Ret.)

Abstract

A review of Romeo & Juliet at Seattle's A Contemporary Theatre featuring deaf actors in the roles of Friar Lawrence and Romeo.

Author Biography

Michael W. Shurgot, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA. USA. (Ret.)
Professor of Humanities

References

Langs, John. “A Contemporary Theatre Production of Romeo and Juliet.” Encore Stages (March 2019), A-2.

Carlson, Marvin. Speaking in Tongues: Language at Play in the Theatre. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009.

Shurgot, Michael. “Breaking the Sound Barrier: Howie Seago and American Sign Language at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.” Shakespeare Bulletin, 30.1 (2012): 21-36.

Shurgot, Michael. “Review of Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice.” The Upstart Crow, 30 (2011): 76-94.

Siger, Leonard. “The Silent Stage.” The John Hopkins Magazine (October 1960); quoted in Stephen C. Baldwin, Pictures in the Air: The Story of the National Theatre of the Deaf (Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 1993), 13.

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Published
2019-10-23
Section
Performance Reviews