Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

I went to see an ASL-performance of Twelfth Night. How it works is that all the actors (deaf or hearing) will sign in front of an audience on the stage, while offstage, hearing actors will recite Shakespeare's lines.

For those who can hear, they'll get to hear the language of Shakespeare while seeing the ASL. For those who are deaf, they'll be treated to the unvarnished display of hands.

What makes this different from other signed performance is that the writer and the actors have tried to translate the play rather than transliterate each word. It's very interesting to see it in ASL, and how it really matches the spirit of Shakespeare.

"For the rain it raineth every day!"