As I mentioned in my post, “Oh, to Be in England” on May 3, Shakespeare’s Globe is presenting a marathon of 37 plays with acting companies from around the world. But if you can’t get to the Globe to Globe Festival, there is now an alternative. A UK site called The Space is running full-length videos of them for free. And the best part is, you don’t need to stand in the cold and rain as the audiences seem to be in these videos.
Here are the ones available at this posting:
- Twelfth Night by Mumbai’s Company Theatre is a colorful and musical version, filled with dancing, performed in Hindi with scene descriptions in English. Lyn Gardner in London’s Guardian wrote, “The beguiling, melancholy heart of the play is ignored in favour of non-stop jokes. Fun? Definitely. Accessible? Completely, even if you didn’t speak the language.”
- Measure for Measure is performed in Russian (with English subtitles) by Moscow’s Vakhtangov Theatre. Critic Veronica Lee said of this production in The Arts Desk, “What a joy this once-in-a-generation season is. From Moscow comes this free-wheeling production of Shakespeare’s great morality play.”
- Pericles is performed in Greek with scene description in English. “Thanks to a slapstick production courtesy of the National Theatre of Greece, and the Globe’s ambiance (helped by the fact that the rain stayed off), better than you might imagine – not least because London’s Hellenic community seemed to be out in force to watch it,” wrote Alex Needham in The Guardian.
- Venus and Adonis is performed in a variety of languages by the Isango ensemble from Cape Town, South Africa. Spoken in IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, SeSotho, Setswana, Afrikaans & South African English, the production is musically and visually thrilling. While this is not a play but a narrative poem, it counts as number 38 for the Globe.
- Richard III is performed in Mandarin (with scene descriptions in English) by the National Theatre of China. According to the Year of Shakespeare Blog, “the production was preceded by Dominic Dromgoole, the Globe’s Artistic Director, announcing that all of the production’s equipment was in a shipping container stranded somewhere between Beijing and London. The costumes and props we were about to see, he explained, had been cobbled together at the last minute from the Globe’s stores.”
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream is performed in Korean (with scene description in English) by the Yohangza Theatre Company. According to Adele Lee, “Performed in a mixture of Korean theatre styles, including song, dance, mime, acrobatics and martial arts, the production was vibrant, energetic and immensely enjoyable, and the cast did a great job of overcoming the language barrier and forming an excellent rapport with the predominantly English-language speaking audience. “
So far that’s all the videos that The Space has posted, but if you want to see the rest of the Globe’s season, keep checking it out. And if you do watch any of these full-length productions, be sure to add your comments below.
Hi Mike, The Space is wonderful! I just finished Measure for Measure and loved it – great production and great recording quality. For those who’d like to read about some of the productions not yet on The Space, please check out yearofshakespeare.com. We’re documenting all of the Globe to Globe Plays as well as the Royal Shakespeare Company’s World Shakespeare Festival, which will run throughout the summer (both are part of the London 2012 Olympic celebrations). If you go to our ‘About’ page you can hear more about the Year of Shakespeare project and the ways in which everyone (including those in the US) can get involved in this global celebration of Shakespeare’s works.
– Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute)
PS I should have said – students of all levels are also very invited to get involved in the project!
Erin:
Thanks for the comment. Do you know if The Space will be uploading the rest of the plays?
Mike
Genuinely when someone doesn’t know after that its up to other visitors that they will help, so here it happens.
Ola! Folgereducation,
Neat Post, This is my first resume EVER!
it’s for work experience, and i would be soo grateful for a bit of advice/help –
Yasmine ****
Address: *****
Phone: *****
Email: *****
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Ran stalls at The Steiner Markets
and worked at stalls at the Globe to Globe Festival and Sum Nation Festival
Duties-
Cash handling
Customer service
Sales
Setting up and packing up
Volunteer work with Dandenong Interfaith for emergency aid
Duties-
Packing care packages
Has had artwork displayed in The Walker St Gallery- through community textile project
Worked with ‘The Glass House’ designers of Montsalvat – Sue Thompson and Amy Skipper
Worked at international refugee day festival selling Konjo African arts
Assisted editing publications with editor Oliver Meyer
Modelled for Matcham Skipper
Modelled for multicultural events in Springvale town hall
Modelling shoot at Macgregor by road
Assisted catering with DAWA (Diverse Australian Women’s Association) for community events
Duties-
Cooking
Waitressing
Cleaning
Worked for Sadala’s Fashion Designs
Duties-
Worked in sales
Cash handlings
Sewing
Customer service
And ordering stock
EDUCATION
**** Steiner Primary School 2001- 2007
**** Secondary College 2008- present
Has received High Distinction in-
– English
– History
– Literature
– Science
– Drama
– And Visual Communications and Design
Tafe- Fashion Design course at **** Tafe 2010- present
INTERESTS AND AWARDS
Awards-
City of Monash multicultural art award
Award for Science at ****
Award for History at *****
Interests –
My interests include travelling, as I have been to both Greece and Egypt.
I’m also studying French.
And enjoy white water rafting and hiking.
REFEREES
Available on request.
I look forward to your next post
Holen Sie sich jetzt bei Onlineabschluss tolle Zugaben der DSL trotz Schufa Anbieter. DSL trotz Schufa vergleichen und sparen