President Obama visits The Globe
US President Barack
Obama visited us today, as we mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death this weekend. The President was welcomed into the
Globe Theatre by the cast of Hamlet, home from their two-year
tour to 197 countries.
The Hamlet company performed a selection of scenes from the
production for the President. The
company have returned home for the weekend for four final performances, having
travelled over 300,000 km and played 293 performances at 202
venues in 197 countries.
Dominic Dromgoole, our Artistic Director:
“At the end of
an extraordinary journey all around the world, it is great to return home to
the Globe, and to be able to perform a few scenes and to be welcomed home by
President Barack Obama. The spirit of ‘Yes we can’ has informed the entire
tour, and it’s an honour to meet the man who coined the phrase, and who
exemplifies its spirit.”
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