Shakespeare in Sign Language

Published: Oct. 18, 2016, 7:09 p.m.

b'Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, is the world\\u2019s 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. This month, the Folger Shakespeare Library\\u2019s nationwide First Folio tour stops at Gallaudet, which also has a companion exhibition called \\u201cFirst Folio: Eyes on Shakespeare,\\u201d curated by Jill Bradbury, a Gallaudet English professor. In this podcast she takes us on a tour of the exhibition and of the world of Shakespeare in sign language. \\n\\nTranscript here: http://www.folger.edu/sites/default/files/ShaxUnlimited_Gallaudet_Transcript.pdf\\n\\nJill Bradbury is interviewed by Neva Grant. \\n\\nFrom the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published October 18, 2016. \\xa9 Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, \\u201cAltered much upon the hearing it,\\u201d was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. Esther French is the web producer. We had help from Kaitlin Luna, Gallaudet\\u2019s Coordinator of Media and Public Relations. Jill Bradbury\\u2019s sign language interpreter during the interview was Loriel Dutton.\\n\\nhttp://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/sign-language-gallaudet'