{"id":10188,"date":"2012-04-23T16:26:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/maori-troilus-and-cressida-opens-shakespeare-season\/"},"modified":"2012-04-23T16:26:54","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T14:26:54","slug":"maori-troilus-and-cressida-opens-shakespeare-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/maori-troilus-and-cressida-opens-shakespeare-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Maori Troilus and Cressida opens Shakespeare season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON, April 23<\/span> (Reuters) – A festival bringing together 37
\ncompanies from around the world to perform Shakespeare’s 37
\nplays in different languages kicks off at London’s Globe theatre
\non Monday with a Maori version of “Troilus and Cressida”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The initiative, called Globe to Globe, is part of a wider
\nWorld Shakespeare Festival as well as the London 2012 Festival
\nthat ties in with the summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

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South Sudan, South Africa, Belarus and Afghanistan are among
\nthe countries represented, and for the first time a Shakespeare
\nplay will be publicly performed in its entirety in British sign
\nlanguage.<\/p>\n

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Definitely Theatre from London will translate the
\npun-riddled comedic text of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” as part of
\nwhat the Royal Shakespeare Company is calling the biggest ever
\nfestival dedicated to the Bard and his plays.<\/p>\n

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“We are hugely excited to throw open our doors to the
\nworld,” said Tom Bird, director of the Globe to Globe festival
\nheld at the Globe, the replica of Shakespeare’s original
\ntheatre.<\/p>\n

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“This festival offers the chance to see well-known plays in
\na new way, with the cultural influences and theatre conventions
\nof countries you may never have visited.<\/p>\n

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“This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience
\nShakespeare’s work in a way that you’re unlikely ever to have
\nseen it before, and a chance for the communities of London to
\nhear his stories in their mother tongue.”<\/p>\n

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Underlining how Shakespeare’s dramas resonate today, the
\nGlobe will see the three Henry VI plays about England’s first
\ngreat civil war turned into an epic and sweeping Balkan trilogy
\nfeaturing national theatres from Serbia, Albania and Macedonia.<\/p>\n

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The series has not been without controversy, however.<\/p>\n

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A group of leading British actors, directors and film makers
\nsigned a letter last month objecting to the inclusion of
\nIsrael’s National Theatre, Habima, which is due to perform “The
\nMerchant of Venice” in Hebrew in late May.<\/p>\n

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The letter, published in the Guardian newspaper, attacked
\nwhat it called Habima’s “shameful” record of involvement with
\nIsraeli settlements in the Palestinian territories and urged the
\nGlobe to withdraw its invitation.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)<\/p>\n

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