Do You Bite Your Thumb At Me? A Wicked Shakespeare Smackdown at the Public Library

Boston-area performers and students will present original performance texts in which some of your favorite Shakespearean characters go head to head in an all-out-no-holds-barred literary cage match. Imagine Romeo vs Tybalt; or, the saucy Rosalind from “As You Like It” pitted against Marc Antony; or, Uber-Diva Lady MacBeth vs Othello’s back-stabbing frenemy, Iago!

“Do You Bite Your Thumb At Me?” will be judged by a panel of Boston-area artists, educators, and local celebrities, including Boston Poet laureate, Danielle Legros George, and Boston Chief of Arts and Culture, Julie Burros. This event is coproduced by the Boston Public Library, the Boston Literary Cultural District, and Shakespeare to Hiphop, featuring slam poets Regie Gibson and Marlon Carey.

“Do You Bite Your Thumb At Me?” is free and open to the public and will take place in the Library’s refurbished Rabb Hall.