Okay, more excitement today ladies and gents. I found this "Shakespeare in Asia" convention that was conducted in 2004 at Stanford, I found the email of the Professor who arranged everything and sent her an email. She emailed me back within an hour, which was super exciting. (Somehow this whole thing being through Stanford makes it so much more legit cause I keep thinking "I bet some kids that go to this school don't even talk to their Professors but I am" why is it so much less intimidating when you don't have an educational connection to them/they're not in control of your grades?) Okay, so anyways she basically said, "let me put you on to the main speaker from our conference, he's the man that made it all happen." So I'm thinking, sweet, she'll give me his email and then I can talk to him. But wait, no email was to be found. What? All I have is a name for this guy? Luckily, with a crazy Asian last name I was able to find him online and get an email (I feel like this paper is making me a stalker) BUT it wasn't necessary HE emailed ME. I guess when she said she'd put me on with someone else she meant she would do the work. So I got an email from him and he wrote it as if I had written him first, already responding to my questions that she must have passed on to him and it was such a legit feeling. Okay, here's the email. It's also giving me some direction on where to go with this whole thing....
Dear Mallory:
Thank you for your email. I am glad you are interested in the website and event we organized at Stanford in 2004. A common thread in the adaptations of Shakespeare in Asia in general and in India particularly is that the tragedies that deal with family ties and questions of loyalty are more frequently performed and hotly debated, such as King Lear and Othello. You will find answers to your questions about how Shakespeare is performed in India on my new website:
Tons of VIDEOS (all free and open to the public): http://globalshakespeares.org/
Introduction to Shakespeare in India:
http://globalshakespeares.org/
Essays:
http://globalshakespeares.org/
Further readings:
http://globalshakespeares.org/
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
best wishes,
Alexander Huang
Director, Dean's Scholars in Shakespeare Program
General Editor, The Shakespearean International Yearbook
Co-founder, Global Shakespeares (http://globalshakespeares.
Associate Professor, Department of English
George Washington University
Rome Hall 750
801 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Email: acyhuang@gwu.edu
http://www.gwu.edu/~acyhuang/
Ps. Check out that credentials list...this guy is legit and he actually cares about what I'm studying, long before I did. Ah!
Dear Mallory:
Thank you for your email. I am glad you are interested in the website and event we organized at Stanford in 2004. A common thread in the adaptations of Shakespeare in Asia in general and in India particularly is that the tragedies that deal with family ties and questions of loyalty are more frequently performed and hotly debated, such as King Lear and Othello. You will find answers to your questions about how Shakespeare is performed in India on my new website:
Tons of VIDEOS (all free and open to the public): http://globalshakespeares.org/
Introduction to Shakespeare in India:
http://globalshakespeares.org/
Essays:
http://globalshakespeares.org/
Further readings:
http://globalshakespeares.org/
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
best wishes,
Alexander Huang
Director, Dean's Scholars in Shakespeare Program
General Editor, The Shakespearean International Yearbook
Co-founder, Global Shakespeares (http://globalshakespeares.
Associate Professor, Department of English
George Washington University
Rome Hall 750
801 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Email: acyhuang@gwu.edu
http://www.gwu.edu/~acyhuang/
Ps. Check out that credentials list...this guy is legit and he actually cares about what I'm studying, long before I did. Ah!
That is so awesome! I really like how he touched on the cultural focuses of different societies. That's really cool. I'm glad that someone is so interested in your topic. It is really interesting!
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