{"id":153658,"date":"2021-12-22T12:56:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T22:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=153658"},"modified":"2022-01-03T08:24:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:24:17","slug":"celebrated-alumni-help-decipher-shakespeare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/12\/22\/celebrated-alumni-help-decipher-shakespeare\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated theatre alumni help students decipher Shakespeare"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Alvin Chan and Moses Goods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Theatre 423 is traditionally considered a challenging performance course at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a>. The class hones in on techniques for acting in Shakespearean plays and navigates through dense texts of heightened language (meant to be spoken and heard). Local actors and celebrated Â鶹´«Ã½theatre alumni, Alvin Chan<\/strong> and Moses Goods<\/strong>, were invited to lend their expertise and co-lecture this fall.<\/p>\n

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Shakespeare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I wanted to teach this course because oftentimes, Shakespeare acting courses do not spend enough time focusing on the text, and the various ways that actors can use the text to inform emotion and character,” Chan explained. “I want the students to be able to meet the text on a technical level, and then move on to finding their own personal connection to the world of Shakespeare.”<\/p>\n