Each of William Shakespeare's 38 plays are to be performed in a different language to mark the 2012 London Olympics, it has been announced.They'll be put on at the Globe Theatre, which has an open-air theatre but is planning to build an indoor Jacobean one, 'the most complete recreation of an English Renaissance indoor theatre yet attempted'. :)
Stagings of Julius Caesar in Italian, Troilus and Cressida in Maori and The Tempest in Arabic will form part of the season at Shakespeare's Globe theatre.
Lithuanian, Spanish and Greek are among the other languages that will feature.
The six-week theatre season, part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, will start on 23 April - the Bard's birthday.
It's a shame there's no way I'll see the plays performed. I've always wanted to go to Britain, but I'm not sure I'll ever get there.
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