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Shakespeare's sonnets serve as the basis for short films

The Sonnet Project, created by the New York Shakespeare Exchange, finds 154 of the Bard's sonnets inspiring movies.

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Actress Carrie Preston is one of the people who participated in the films made by the Sonnet Project.
  • By Molly Driscoll Staff Writer

The works of Shakespeare have been put on film many 鈥� many 鈥� times before. But now some of the writer鈥檚 sonnets are the basis of new movies.

According to , the Sonnet Project came from the New York Shakespeare Exchange. Through the project, the NYSE are trying to make a movie for each of Shakespeare鈥檚 154 sonnets. They鈥檙e currently at number 100.聽

Actors who have participated include Carrie Preston of 鈥淭he Good Wife鈥� and Billy Magnussen, who recently starred in 鈥淚nto the Woods.鈥�

The movies are posted via YouTube on the Sonnet Project .

鈥淲e鈥檙e always looking for new ways to reach audiences that go beyond the restrictions of a live performance in a small theater,鈥� Ross Williams, who is the artistic director for the NYSE and for the Sonnet Project, told the NYT.

Check out the Sonnet Project website .

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