How We Did Shakespeare In Sign Language: A Deaf Theatre Company At The Globe

Paula Garfield, director of Deafinitely Theatre: “Rehearsing was a painful, slow process. We began with a two-week translation stage: it’s not about simply doing it word for word. … Even translating the title into BSL was difficult. I began with the signs for ‘love’, ‘work’ and ‘loss’ – but that doesn’t really make it clear.”