Looking For Richard: Today's society taking a look at Shakespeare Jake Johns Within the film Looking for Richard, Al Pacino takes the works of William Shakespeare and tries to make it more understandable to today's society. Pacino says, " are goal is to reach an audience who normally would not pay attention to these type of plays." Pacino attempts to pull together a cast that can help to explain the historical background, the language spoken within …showed first 75 words of 717 total…

…showed last 75 words of 717 total…read the works of Shakespeare students were hesitant to listen." He began to talk very informally about the words of Shakespeare and then when he would read an phrase they were able to relate it more to their own lives. This all made for an idea to make a backstage look on the making of a Shakespeare play. The cast itself was filled with life and enthusiasm once the film had gotten underway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**