“Globe To Globe” Shakespeare fest opens in LondonApril 23, 2012 - 20:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A festival that will see Shakespeare's 37 plays performed in 37 languages, from Swahili to sign language, has got under way. Globe To Globe is just one element of the World Shakespeare Festival, which was launched on Monday, April 23 the anniversary of the playwright's birth, BBC News reported. It is part of the London 2012 Festival, which ties in with the summer Olympics. As well as the multi-lingual plays, there will be dozens of Shakespeare productions across the UK. Globe To Globe will feature King Lear performed in Belarusian, Hamlet in Lithuanian and Othello re-interpreted through hip-hop. The polyglot performances are taking place at the Globe Theatre, the replica of Shakespeare's original theatre. Globe To Globe artistic director Tom Bird said it was not difficult to follow the stories even if you did not speak the languages being spoken by the actors. "What I've found from travelling around the world is that you get an incredible sense of what's going on in a show, even from the way people move on the stage and the things people wear," he said. What's surprised me more than anything is the way people have taken Shakespeare to their hearts all around the world. People don't think of him as an English poet, they think of him as part of the world culture." Globe To Globe is part of the wider The World Shakespeare Festival, which is co-ordinated by the Royal Shakespeare Company. It runs until November and will also feature performances in Stratford-upon-Avon, Newcastle, Gateshead, Birmingham, Edinburgh and at the Eisteddfod in Wales Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |