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Ian Doescher

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in Portland, OR, The United States

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Ian is the author of the William Shakespeare Star Wars series and the Pop Shakespeare series, and other books. He's a Portland native, and lives in Portland with his family. ...more

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Can you a come up with a deleted scene from your favorite Shakespeare play?

Ian Doescher From The Tempest, Act I, Scene 2
(the missing 67 lines before line 1)

Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA.

Miranda:
O, father kind, methinks I heard a sound—
A sh…moreFrom The Tempest, Act I, Scene 2
(the missing 67 lines before line 1)

Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA.

Miranda:
O, father kind, methinks I heard a sound—
A shaking of the sea as ne’er was heard
By human ears ere now. What can this be?

Prospero:
[Aside:] Alas, ’tis mine enchantment o’er the ship,
Which here doth cut her senses to the quick.
[To Miranda:] My daughter, peace, ’tis naught to trouble thee.
I’d see thee comforted, thy heart at ease.

Miranda:
Wilt thou, dear Sir—to calm my wayward heart—

At present ply thy storyteller’s trade?
Wilt thou, with lyre made not of strings, but words,
Speak music through a tale of wondrous charm?
For verily, thy voice is symphony,
Thy language is a melody sublime,
Thy paragraphs compos’d of harmony.

Prospero:
I make no claim to music such as this,
Yet will give satisfaction to thy wish.
What manner of a tale dost thou desire?
Some drama, fill’d with pain and agony?
Belike a comedy to make thee laugh?
Or mayhap history, a song of old?
Perhaps a fantasy would suit thy whim?

Miranda:
O, let it be some portent of a time
That is to come, a future still unseen

Prospero:
So shall it be, Miranda. Pray, attend:
Full many years—e’en centuries—from now,
There shall arise, upon the riven Earth,
Two varied faiths, each with their own beliefs.
The first shall be a people who profess
To know a history of long ago,
Within a galaxy far, far away.
These shall give worship to a sky walker—
No god, indeed, but man of valor brave,
Who fought the darkness and o’ercame its pull,
Who, high above the stars, did find his fame,
Who first was student, then a teacher wise.
This sky walker shall stir devoted souls
Unto obedience beyond belief:
To see him, they would wait for hours and days,
Array themselves as him an ’twere they could
By imitation hold him closer still.
These, then, are the adherents of the first.

Miranda:
O, father, then how strange the Earth shall be!
What of the subsequent religion, Sir?

Prospero:
I come anon to them; with patience, wait.
The second group believe that on the Earth,
E’en further centuries beyond their time,
Shall rise a star fleet with a mission just,
As follows: to explore some strange, new worlds,
To seek new life, new civilization,
To boldly go where none have gone before.
These people shall give faith unto a kirk:
A kirk rais’d in a humble native land,
A kirk who ris’d unto a lofty height,
A kirk who did command profuse respect.

Miranda:
Two odd and errant systems of belief.
I bid thee, tell me father, who prevails?
Those who are bound unto the sky walker,
Or those who bow unto the mighty kirk?

Prospero:
My dear, e’en one as powerful as I
Cannot see how this star-cross’d tale shall end.
The question, thus, unanswer’d doth remain,
An ’twere a person hanging on a cliff
Not knowing what next scene their fate shall write.

Miranda:
Dear Sir, thy tale engageth all my heart,
So not a bit of it is left in fear.
Yet now, beyond the waters I can see
The storm that breweth rages terribly.
If by your art, my dearest father, you have
Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them…(less)

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Even better than Lord of the Rings, have you considered Shakespearian versions of some classic 80s films: 16 Candles, The Goonies, The Princess Bride (for example)?

Ian Doescher I'd really love to do (and have thought about doing) The Princess Bride -- I think it would be fun to mix elements of the book and the movie. The main…moreI'd really love to do (and have thought about doing) The Princess Bride -- I think it would be fun to mix elements of the book and the movie. The main thing is whether we could get the rights for it. We'll see!(less)

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	William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #4) 3.96 avg rating — 21,132 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #5) by Ian Doescher (Goodreads Author), Nico Delort (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 5,408 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #6) 4.27 avg rating — 3,967 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,195 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher (Goodreads Author), Kent Barton (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 1,704 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 1,365 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 1,324 ratings — published 2017 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 1,248 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future! 4.31 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Shakespeare's Jedi the Last: Star Wars' Part the Eighth (William Shakespeare's Star Wars, #8) 4.22 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“True it is,/ That these are not the droids for which thou search'st.

-Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

tags: star-wars

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“I pray thee, sir, forgive me for the mess/And whether I shot first, I'll not confess.
- Han Solo”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

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“- Be thou not technical with me,/Or else thine input valve may swift receive/a hearty helping of my golden foot.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

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