Translating Shakespeare to the ancient tongue Tlingit

Director connects native Alaskan society to Shakespeare
Saturday, March 17, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT; updated 12:04 p.m. CDT, Friday, July 18, 2008

JUNEAU, Alaska — Jake Waid rubbed his bloodshot eyes, blankly stared at a script for Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” then resumed an unfamiliar struggle with a set of lines.

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