To be, or not to be: Around the world
When our Globe to Globe Hamlet company set off on a two-year tour with the aim of touring the iconic play to every country in the world, they took this Folio Edition of Hamlet on their travels.
The stage managers asked someone in each country they visited to sign the book and inscribe the line “To be, or not to be” in their own language. If someone from each country inscribes their language into the pages, the text is claimed by the world; remembering performance is difficult, but textual keepsakes can last forever.Now that the Hamlet company have returned home, so too has their Folio Edition and its wealth of messages. Take a look.
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