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Master Class: Shakespeare x Hip Hop

Recorded On: 08/06/2020

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Learn how hip hop becomes a way in to Shakespeare and script writing in this Master Class with Devon Glover, the Sonnet Man. 

60 minutes

Devon Glover

The Sonnet Man

Devon Glover is a teacher, rapper, poet, playwright and actor from Brooklyn, New York. He performs Shakespeare's Sonnets through Hip-Hop as The Sonnet Man in schools and theaters worldwide. Devon has appeared on NBC, MSNBC, BBC, and Conferences and Shakespeare Festivals worldwide, including Stratford, Ontario, and Stratford-upon-Avon. He has taught with Stratford Shakespeare, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Southern Shakespeare. Devon has wrote adaptations of Shakespeare for various theatre companies. In the Spring 2019, Devon was commissioned by the University of Warwick and Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to write a hip-hop adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” for high schools. For more information, visit www.SonnetMan.com

 

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Shakespeare x Hip Hop - Lessons from Shakespeare with the Sonnet Man
Recorded 08/06/2020
Recorded 08/06/2020 What happens when you mix Shakespeare and Hip Hop? Magic and script writing, and a path to finding your own unique voice.
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