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Shakespeare In Klingon?

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-have-not-experienced-Shakespeare-until-you-have-read-him-in-the-original-Klingon dept.

stevegee58 writes "As if the Klingon opera described recently here at Slashdot weren't enough, here's an interesting offering for Shakespeare buffs. The Washington Shakespeare Company (based in Arlington VA) will soon be performing selections from Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing in Klingon."

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  1. Awesome! by multipartmixed · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard a rumour that BOTH people who speak Klingon are going!

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    1. Re:Awesome! by Abcd1234 · · Score: 4, Funny

      As opposed to all the North American opera-goers who speak Italian? :)

  2. Fantastic! by MarkRose · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ahh! This is great! I've always wanted to see Hamlet in the original Klingon!

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  3. He who brings a date to the play by muyla · · Score: 3, Funny

    will be proclaimed their king!

  4. Re: Cat got your tongue? (something important seem by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    That was an opera.

    Enough is enough. I have had it with all this motherfucking Klingon shit on this motherfucking site.

    Now I bet that sounds better in Klingon.

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