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The Family Shakespeare by [email protected] (byrne Harrison)

By Byrne Harrison If you've ever tried to watch "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City" or a similar made-for-cable show on a "family" network, then you will fully appreciate what Thomas Bowdler was trying to do when he rewrote Shakespeare's plays to make them more "acceptable."  No off-color jokes, no blasphemy (or even questioning of God and man's place in creation), no suicide for Ophelia - all of this was u…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 01:52PM on April 28, 2011

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