of shakespeare. and a you said in one of your interviews i quoted that you were a little skeptical at first but the experience sharky to the core what was so shocking for you in the experience of working in the prison. the most shocking thing was watching how the inmates staged these plays. and rounds of applause afterwords. then we went back to our life for freedom and they went to theirselves. doing something together and they were free for a while and then this freedom was over. we left and they went back to their cells. once we were walking down a prison corridor or there were give us a lot of freedom to move around and some cell windows were half open and we could see the convicts lying in their bunks. they get an hour outside but for the most part they just lie down in their cells. and one of them said. don't call us prisoners. seeding watchers because that is what we do here we just watch the ceiling. we feel so sorry for them and hope for the christie. i wonder if you and your brother had to

and the offender started quoting from shakespeare. shu was born. >> still doesn't answer the question about the third murder. >> you could look at him as being like -- >> the program has inmates rewrite shakespeare in a way that reflects their own experiences. during our shoot, the group was working on macbeth. a play about ambition, assassination and a warlord's lust for power. >> i take macbeth to the streets. and what he did, he bring to the hoods, to the housing projects, you know, guys that don't got nothing, and he used nobodies, nobody know. >> leon vincent, serving 60 years for murder, read one of his passages to the group. >> you read my eyes like parables. i was pressed for time because of my special preparations for tonight's special feast. >> i really like that not for metaphor that you used. you read my eyes like parables. that's almost something like shakespeare himself would write. so i really like that. >> i'm from the hood, you know, not to separate the hood from anything. shakespeare was something, you know, i never

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shakespeares' guard and refers -- has plants referred to in shakespeare's plays and poems. located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, shakespeares garden was designed in 1928 by the california spring blossom association. flowers and plants played an important part in shakespeares literary masterpieces. here is an enchanting and tranquil garden tucked away along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo your date. appreciate the beauty of its unique setting. the cherry tree, the brick walkways, the enchanting stones, the rustic sundial. chaired the bards'w ro -- share the bard's words. the garden is a gem to share with someone special. pack a picnic, find a bench, enjoy the sunshine and let the whimsical words of william shakespeare float you and your loved one away. this is one of the most popular wedding locations and is available for reservations. shakespeares garden is 8ada accessible. this park is located at the bottom of a hill. it is a secret garden with an infinite and captivating appeal. carefully tucked away, one block from

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it's taking chaco's out. >> shakespeare gave him a sort of bonding experience he never had in a gang.when you learn a new language you struggle. on the street it's everybody for themselves. that's something that i like about theater. we work as a group. >> he also got a chance to compete against kids from more affluent schools. taco's team won. they went all of the way to broadway. >> we got on broadway row after row after row like a coliseum. for these young actors what grander training for the stage of life. >> bringing aus all together. >> yeah. >> no matter what. i'm david wright for night line in van nuys, california. good luck to all of you, thanks for watching abc news, we hope you check in for "good morning america." jimmy kimmel

we saw prisoners redone to be shakespeare on stage.and many of them did it in their regional dialect politan for example. many of the inmates serving long sentences come from the south of italy because of its unfortunate murphy history. speer with passion and their selling dialect made the acting even more intense. because of all that we were really scared shakespeare for ourselves. it was a shock because we're very familiar with shakespeare but there we saw him in a completely new light. no white.

. >> do they teach you shakespeare? >> i managed to stay away from shakespeare at the master's level. >> you'd be comfortable there now because i understand even for literature majors shakespeare is not a mandatory subject, do you believe that? what has happened to these? >> reporter, covered politics, weekly pbs series john ander nathalie. "u.s. news and world report," religion editor. your book to your credit. >> my first book. >> and still worng at "u.s. news & world report." >> i still am. >> if i mention the name funk to you, who is he, robert funk? >> he's a bible scholar, new testament scholar who is founder and leader of a group called jesus seminar. a group of scholars for the last 15 years have been exploring the historical jesus. >> yeah, does he have very much standing in the academic community paula fredriksen interhe represents the school of representation. >> she's also a diplomat. well, funk is saying some pretty vacanting things. and it appears as though he is 's organized a semiannualot? seminar that y

the other was shakespeare. he was a proponent of the locals fight, and he had a great champion as william shakespeare. you can see why these two figures, shakespeare and moses, you can make them a little bit nervous. he wanted to have shakespeare's vision, but nobody else can. and yet he learned a tremendous amount. he wanted to have moses to put the institution building power, but who could. there were people who were fascinated by an adored him -- he had a competition consultative relationship with them. could you elaborate a little bit more on this fascinating sort of counterpoint that he made between hitler and freud, and the bigger power. more and more concerned, theoretically he was in power, but -- [inaudible] he had disciples and family and the difficult thing to handle. >> yes, i mean, one of the things -- the view of group psychology where freud talks about the figures that are not hard to create, he said a leader is someone who must be sufficient unto himself. he knows the truth and no one else does

. >> in "romeo and juliet," shakespeare wrote, "a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet."n it comes to good nutrition, you could say, "sugar by any other name is still not a healthy sweet," especially in the form of sugar called high fructose corn syrup. it's often used in sweetened drinks and many packaged foods. new research shows eating and drinking a lot of it can harm your ability to learn and remember. so read those labels. making a smart food choice may actually make you smarter, or as shakespeare would say, "to thine own self be true." >> this report is brought to you by paramount pictures. >> let's go! ♪ 'cause, baby, you're a firework ♪ >> the amazing katy perry onstage and behind the scenes as you've never seen her before. >> and i think that in some ways i live in a fairy tale. ♪ boom, boom, boom >> the hit summer movie "katy perry: part of me" is exploding on dvd and blu-ray, bursting with more than an hour of additional features. >> ♪ ooh, ooh >> katy's story is incredible -- a regular girl with dreams, rising to become a star. >> you know, i'd have these lit

shakespeare in many many others. even copernicus so yes copernicus was a priest you know but that's a different story so what toaster was excommunicated from the church he was not. yes he was some say that he was not really excommunicated. i don't know anything about english would be like me arguing with you about articles in english all right that's the way he was excommunicated but the point is he was a believe as was copernicus and the people had no respect for party bosses in the office of the communist ideology were absolutely. and the girl who was in charge of ideological instruction at school i remember her name was marina and says for all the questions she was an atheist to. me that somebody must be to. to be wrong here it is essentially pushkin those newton in shakespeare this is this girl marina. if. i found the answer to my question will store and today. there is a traditional reunion. for priests who used to be students of the moscow state university and there is about a hundred priests of my age coming t

. >> in "romeo and juliet," shakespeare wrote, "a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet."n it comes to good nutrition, you could say, "sugar by any other name is still not a healthy sweet," especially in the form of sugar called high fructose corn syrup. it's often used in sweetened drinks and many packaged foods. new research shows eating and drinking a lot of it can harm your ability to learn and remember. so read those labels. making a smart food choice may actually make you smarter, or as shakespeare would say, "to thine own self be true." i hope you find a home. i hope you find a home. hey, maybe you'll be picked next. maybe you'll be picked next. we've been caged together too long. we've been caged together too long. how come nobody ever picks me? maybe they're looking for somebody different. pick me! well, the shelter's closing up for another day. we didn't get picked. i know. tomorrow. guaranteed. >> this report is brought to you by paramount pictures. >> let's go! ♪ 'cause, baby, you're a firework ♪ >> the amazing katy perry onstage and behind the scenes as you've

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