
For generations, directors have tried to make Shakespeare more palatable for general (read: non-Shakespeare-reading) audiences with varying degrees of success. Directors of Shakespearean dramas for contemporary audiences generally handle the ever-growing gap betwixt the Bard’s time and today in two ways. Some choose to update the setting (see Baz Luhrmann’s
Romeo + Juliet or Michael Almereyda’s
Hamlet 2000); others choose to update the script (see
10 Things I Hate About You, a modern adaptation of
The Taming of the Shrew). Rick Miller, creator, writer, and sole performer of
MacHomer,
has updated the script, the setting, and the players themselves of
Macbeth, changing it from the Scottish tragedy to a Springfieldian comedy.
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