Ruth Leon recommends… Shakespeare’s Globe Player – Globe to Globe

Shakespeare’s Globe Player – Globe to Globe

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The Globe Player operates differently from other streaming services. Recently, their prestigious series of visiting international productions, Globe to Globe, has become available online. Subtitled in English, we can already enjoy 5 Shakespeare plays from around the world, with more on the way in 2023.

So far, they include Two Gentlemen of Verona in Shona, a two-man Zimbabwean riot of love, friendship and betrayal. From Verona to Milan, via Harare and Bulawayo, two great friends, Valentine and Proteus, vie for the love of the same woman. Then there’s The Tempest from Bangladesh, in Bangla, The Winter’s Tale in Yoruba, Henry V111 in Castilian Spanish and, best of all, Much Ado About Nothing, set among the hypertensions of an Italian restaurant, performed in French by the Hypermobile Company.

It’s amazing how different each play, especially somehow the ones you know well, look and sound in another language. Each of these can be bought for £9.99 each but, if you’re a Shakespeare lover, an annual subscription is a better deal at £59.99.

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