Empowerment through Adapting Language | Great Performances: Merry Wives

This resource focuses on Falstaff and Bioh’s interweaving of modern and Shakespearean language in Great Performances: Merry Wives. In the video, Falstaff engages the audience with a monologue that decolonizes traditional Shakespearean language. The dialogue eloquently remains true to the original work while adding an African and African American voice and style. Falstaff engages the audience through a dialogue with Mr. Brook by using language that is inclusive and that reflects the reimagined setting of Harlem, New York.