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The Merchant of Venice in Hebrew by Habima National Theatre (C) Simon Kane

The Globe to Globe performance of The Merchant of Venice by Israel’s Habima Theatre was unavoidably different from all others in the Festival…

The Winter's Tale in Yoruba by Renegade Theatre (C) Simon Annand

There are no bears in Nigeria, or at least it would seem so, from the opening moments of the reworking of The Winter’s Tale by the Renegade Theatre Company of Lagos….

All's Well that Ends Well performed in Gujarati by Arapana, (c) Ellie Kurttz

It is not unusual to note that, when adapting classical English texts that particularly deal with class systems and social hierarchies, from Shakespeare to Austen, the Indian caste system lends itself particularly well to direct translation…