Intriguing Shakespeare adaptation loses something in translation

Whenever I see an adaptation of a Shakespearean play, I’m reminded anew that his genius lay not in his storytelling but in the layers of language and insight he laid over it. Without that enrichment, the plays lose the majority of their depth and meaning.One of these adaptations, local playwright Kathleen Cahill’s “Perdida,” is playing Backstage at the Grand Theatre in a production that sometimes hits and sometimes misses.Cahill’s idea is innovative enough. She has