Shakespeare in Sign Language

Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, is the world’s 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’s nationwide First Folio tour stops at Gallaudet, which also has a companion exhibition called “First Folio: Eyes on Shakespeare,” 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. Transcript here: http://www.folger.edu/sites/default/files/ShaxUnlimited_Gallaudet_Transcript.pdf Jill Bradbury is interviewed by Neva Grant. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published October 18, 2016. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, “Altered much upon the hearing it,” 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’s Coordinator of Media and Public Relations. Jill Bradbury’s sign language interpreter during the interview was Loriel Dutton. http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/sign-language-gallaudet