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Dateline:
20th January, 2011
Multilingual Complete Works at the Globe
Shakespeare's Globe is to present the Complete Works of Shakespeare,
each in a different language, over six weeks in 2012.
All 38 plays will be performed as part of the London 2012 Cultural
Olympiad and will begin on Shakespeare's birthday, 23rd April 2012.
Within the season, Shakespeare’s Globe will stage one production,
with the remaining 37 plays presented by theatre companies from around
the world. Although no specific productions have been announced, likely
partnerships include:
- In Lithuanian, a production from one of the world’s greatest
Shakespearean directors, Eimuntas Nekrošius;
- In Urdu, Pakistani TV star Nadia Jamil as Katherine in Taming
of the Shrew;
- In Greek, a visit from the National Theatre of Greece with one
of Shakespeare’s Mediterranean masterpieces;
- In Aboriginal languages for the first time, a co-production of
King Lear from the Malthouse Theatre and Bell Shakespeare Company;
- In Maori, a new production of Troilus and Cressida starring
Rawiri Paratene;
- In Shona, The Two Gentlemen of Verona presented by Zimbabwean
actors Denton Chikura and Tonderai Munyevu;
- In Turkish, a production from the immensely popular Istanbul theatre
Oyun Atolyesi;
- In Spanish, the Madrid-based company Rakata, who specialise in
work from the Spanish Golden Age, with a production of Henry VIII;
- In Mandarin, a history play from the National Theatre of China;
- In Portuguese, the return of the celebrated Grupo Galpão
from Brazil;
- In Italian, Rome’s Cometa Off Theatre with a new production
of Julius Caesar;
- In British Sign Language, a groundbreaking production of Love’s
Labour’s Lost from Deafinitely Theatre;
- In Cantonese, visionary Hong Kong director Tang Shu Wing’s
Titus Andronicus;
- In Arabic, a musical version of The Tempest from Sabab Theatre,
based on the Persian Gulf’s sea shanty tradition.
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