Two years, 190, 000 miles, 197 countries, one play.
Through the lens of this epic theatrical journey, Dromgoole gleans new insight into Shakespeare\'s masterpiece, exploring the play\'s history, its meaning, and its pleasures, and offering a dramatic and heartfelt testament to Shakespeare\'s enduring presence on the modern stage..
Dromgoole also shows us the world through the prism of Shakespeare and why, in its mystery, it resonates so widely--how a sixteenth-century Play can touch the lives of men and women in Sudan, citizens of Beijing, and Syrian refugees alike.
Dromgoole introduces this impressive cast of sturdy souls, recounting the highs and lows of their tour, paying witness to Shakespeare\'s power to transcend borders and bring the world closer together.
They carried their own props, instruments, and costumes throughout the journey, and could construct an entire set in less than two hours.
From performing in sweltering deserts, capital and remote cities, heaving marketplaces and on Pacific islands, 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 tirelessly pushed on.
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 on this wildly ambitious expedition.
For the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare\'s birth the Globe Theatre in London undertook an unparalleled journey to share Hamlet with the entire world.
Two years, 190, 000 miles, 197 countries, one play
