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New versions of Shakespeare's historyplaysfrom director and translator Douglas Langworthy. In his threeHenry VIplays, Shakespeare tackles the infamous Wars of the Roses and the fall of the House of Lancaster. In this translation ofHenry VI, Part 3, Douglas Langworthy concludes the trilogy, tracking the final downfall of Henry VI and the rise of the House of York. Langworthy's translation takes a deep dive into the language of Shakespeare. With a fine-tooth comb, he updates passages that are archaic and difficult to the modernear, andmatches them with the syntax and lyricism of the rest of the play,essentially translatingarchaic Shakespeare to match contemporary Shakespeare. This translation ofHenry VI, Part 3was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the work of The Bard in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare's

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      Publisher: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
      Publication Date: 06/05/2022
      ISBN13: 9780866987691, 978-0866987691
      ISBN10: 086698769X
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      Book Synopsis
      New versions of Shakespeare's historyplaysfrom director and translator Douglas Langworthy. In his threeHenry VIplays, Shakespeare tackles the infamous Wars of the Roses and the fall of the House of Lancaster. In this translation ofHenry VI, Part 3, Douglas Langworthy concludes the trilogy, tracking the final downfall of Henry VI and the rise of the House of York. Langworthy's translation takes a deep dive into the language of Shakespeare. With a fine-tooth comb, he updates passages that are archaic and difficult to the modernear, andmatches them with the syntax and lyricism of the rest of the play,essentially translatingarchaic Shakespeare to match contemporary Shakespeare. This translation ofHenry VI, Part 3was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the work of The Bard in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare's

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