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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0177  Wednesday, 15 March 2006

From: 		V. Kerry Inman <inmanvk@sas.upenn.edu>
Date: 		Tuesday, 14 Mar 2006 16:57:03 -0500
Subject: 17.0170 ASL Productions of Shakespeare
Comment: 	Re: SHK 17.0170 ASL Productions of Shakespeare

 >The Cleveland Sign Stage and the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival did a
 >wonderful combined English and ASL production of A Midsummer Night's
 >Dream a few years ago. Perhaps Dave Evett remembers the details?

Being fluent in ASL I find this difficult to believe.  How did they use 
ASL and English, simultaneously or among different characters?  It is 
impossible to imagine.  Are you sure it wasn't Signed English rather 
than ASL?

V. Kerry Inman

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