LONDON: Each of William Shakespeare's 38 plays will be performed in a different language, including Arabic, Spanish and Urdu, during a a theater season in Britain to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games. Shakespeare's Globe theater in the British capital said Thursday it would host the special season over six weeks, beginning next year on April 23, the playwright's birthday. Shows will included “The Taming of the Shrew” in Urdu, starring Pakistani television star Nadia Jamil as Katherine, and “King Lear” in Australian Aboriginal languages. Other performances include “Julius Caesar” in Italian, “Troilus and Cressida” in Maori, “The Tempest” in Arabic and “Love's Labour's Lost” in British sign language. The project is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad which was set up in 2008 to celebrate the Olympics. – Agence France
