DEVON GLOVER

The Sonnet Man 

Devon Glover is a teacher, rapper, poet, playwright and actor from Brooklyn, New York. He performs Shakespeare's Sonnets through Hip-Hop as The Sonnet Man in schools and theaters worldwide. Devon has appeared on NBC, MSNBC, BBC, and Conferences and Shakespeare Festivals worldwide, including Stratford, Ontario, and Stratford-upon-Avon. He has taught with Stratford Shakespeare, Passion in Practice, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Southern Shakespeare, among others. Devon has written adaptations of Shakespeare for various theatre companies.  In 2016, in honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Devon went on a 'Sonnet Marathon' tour through the US, UK, and Morocco, where he rapped all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets in succession on the Bard’s birthday.  In the fall 2017, Devon co-wrote “A Town Divided”, an adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” based in Tallahassee, FL.  In Spring 2019, Devon collaborated with St Paul, MN’s Out On A Limb Dance Theatre Company, where he wrote, composed, co-directed, co-produced and performed the production, “For The Love Of Will.”  In the Summer 2019, Devon was commissioned by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to write a hip-hop adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (Lyrica). In 2022, Glover made his directorial debut, directing Othello for Flagstaff Shakespeare.  In the Summer 2023, Devon was hired to compose and create sound design for Prague Shakespeare’s 'Roman Daggers', a mash-up adaptation of Julius Caesar and Antony & Cleopatra, where he also took on the role of Cinna The Poet.   In Spring 2024, Glover and Out On A Limb connected again for a second production, “Fables, Tales & Morals…Oh My!”, where Glover composed and performed as the poetic storyteller Uncle D.  This fall, The Sonnet Man will be releasing his next solo project, 'The Antic Disposition', based on Hamlet.  For more information, visit www.SonnetMan.com.