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Gallaudet Course Puts the Bard in American Sign Language

By JANE R. PORTER

"Hands on Shakespeare: ASL Translation, Dramaturgy, and Deaf Theater," Gallaudet University

Students translate poetry with their hands in this semesterlong course, rendering Shakespearean iambic pentameter into American Sign Language by adapting scenes from Much Ado About Nothing for stage performance.

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