Publication

2017 - Grove Press, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

97,500 words, Guess

Page Count

390 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10080212562X
  • ISBN-139780802125620
  • Library of Congress Control Number2017001313
  • OCLC Control Number939426737
  • OCLC Control Number983785957
and 4 more
  • Better World Books278-ABA-400
  • Better World Books9780802125620
  • Better World BooksO6-BRX-855
  • Open LibraryOL27232243M

Classifications

  • DDC792.9/2
  • LCCPR2807 .D76 2017
  • LCCPR2807.D76 2017

Description

"Two years. 193,000 miles. 190 countries. One play. For the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth the Globe Theatre undertook an unparalleled journey, to take Hamlet to every country on the planet, to share this beloved play with the entire world. The tour was the brainchild of Dominic Dromgoole, artistic director of the Globe, and in Hamlet Globe to Globe, Dromgoole takes readers along with him. From performing in sweltering deserts, ice-cold cathedrals, and heaving marketplaces, and despite food poisoning in Mexico, the threat of ambush in Somaliland, an Ebola epidemic in West Africa and political upheaval in Ukraine, the Globe's players pushed on. Dromgoole shows us the world through the prism of Shakespeare-what the Danish prince means to the people of Sudan, the effect of Ophelia on the citizens of Costa Rica, and how a sixteenth-century play can touch the lives of Syrian refugees. And thanks to this incredible undertaking, Dromgoole uses the world to glean new insight into this masterpiece, exploring the play's history, its meaning, and its pleasures. Hamlet Globe to Globe is a highly enjoyable book about an unprecedented theatrical adventure"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Hamlet Globe to globe: two years, 190,000 miles, 197 countries, one playGrove Press2017-01-01

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