Shakespeare's Star Wars
b'Shakespeare adaptations are a proud tradition. Prokofiev turned ROMEO AND JULIET into a ballet. Verdi turned MACBETH and OTHELLO into operas, and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW and TWELFTH NIGHT have been converted by Hollywood into teen comedies. \\n\\nBut there\\u2019s a different type of Shakespeare adaptation that\\u2019s a lot harder to get right \\u2013 that\\u2019s when someone takes an existing piece of popular entertainment and reimagines it as if it might have been written by Shakespeare. As Ian Doescher can tell us, that can be hard to get right. He\\u2019s the author of six books under the series title, William Shakespeare\\u2019s Star Wars, based on the hit films featuring Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and the rest. As you\\u2019ll hear, making this work has taken far more thinking and craftsmanship than you might imagine. Ian is interviewed by Stephanie Kaye.\\n\\nFrom the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. \\xa9 December 1, 2015. Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved.\\n\\n\\u201cI Feel Now The Future In The Instant\\u201d was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. \\n\\nWe had help from Timmy Olmstead at WAMU-FM in Washington and Lisa Dougherty and the staff at Digital One recording studios in Portland, Oregon.'