hˈɑːdʒᵻzᵻz ʃˈeɪkspɪɹˌiən ˌɛkspɚtˈiːz lˈɛd wˈeɪn stˈeɪt jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi θˈiəɾɚ dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt tʃˈɛɹ lˈɛnɚd liːˈoʊn tʊ ɪnvˈaɪt hˌɪm tə dɪtɹˈɔɪt ɪnðə lˈeɪt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z ænd ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z tə wˈɜːk ˌɔn liːˈoʊnz pɹəpˈoʊzd ɹˌiːkənstɹˈʌkʃən ʌvðə ɡlˈoʊb θˈiəɾɚɹ ɔnðə dɪtɹˈɔɪt ɹˈɪvɚ.
Hodges's Shakespearean expertise led Wayne State University theatre department chair Leonard Leone to invite him to Detroit in the late 1970s and early 1980s to work on Leone's proposed reconstruction of the Globe Theatre on the Detroit River.