Word: modernize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...TAMING OF THE SHREW-Shakespeare with as many modern improvements as a well-equipped bungalow (TIME...
...destroys the greatness of the play. For instance. 'Romeo and Juliet' requires the romance-breathing Italian atmosphere, while the more blatant, boisterous plays would not be out of place in any country but England. This we found to be the case with 'Hamlet'. Ophelia would lose her charm in modern dress. And then, a change of costume is not needed to make Shakespeare modern. His thought and his humility will always be ultra-modern...
...cruel fate and torture. "The New Statesman" refers to "Hassan" as a "magnificent acting play. It is a work of unalloyed emotional sincerity and a great luxurious warmth of imagination. If it becomes advantageous again to parade abroad the fruits of English culture, our patriot propagandists, looking round for modern poetic tragedy of English birth with which to impress neutrals, will not be forced to fall back on "Salome". "Hassan" will do us credit and far more credit...
...believe that by casting 'The Taming of the Shrew' in modern dress, a fresh interest in Shakespeare can be given. This play is now in popular disfavor, although of course in the days of Ellen Terry the people thought it among the best of Shakespearean dramas. By putting an Italian gentleman, Petruccio, in a cowboy outfit and by introducing a modern touch to the lines, the audiences seem to become more appreciative of Shakespeare. 'The Taming of the Shrew' seemed to us particularly well adapted to modernizing. The original version, one of the most amusing farces of the Elizabethan stage...
...Modern Argentina," Professor Haring, Harvard...