Randy Reyes, director of the upcoming production “The Two Noble Kinsmen,” made it clear this may not be the Shakespeare audiences are used to. “It’s not going to be stodgy Shakespeare, in doublet and hose,” he said. In fact, not even the text of the play comes directly from Shakespeare. In conjunction with the Play On! project by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, “The Two Noble Kinsmen” is actually a translation of the text by local playwright Tim Slover. In preparation, Reyes hosted workshops in high school classes relating to translation, Shakespeare and language.
The first students Reyes visited were in a theater class at Cottonwood High School in Murray.