{"id":2377,"date":"2015-02-11T18:33:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T17:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/blogs\/english\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2015-02-11T18:33:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T17:33:47","slug":"the-shakespeares-globe-theatre-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/the-shakespeares-globe-theatre-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shakespeare\u2019s Globe theatre in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Burundi is the 76th country in which the Shakespeare\u2019s Globe Theatre played Hamlet\u2019s Shakespeare. The event was held on 9th February 2015 at the King\u2019s Conference Centre.<\/strong><em>-By Diane Uwimana<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2378\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shakespeares-globe.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shakespeares-globe.jpg\" alt=\"The actors perform at the stage \u00a9Iwacu\" width=\"447\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shakespeares-globe.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Shakespeares-globe-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The actors perform at the stage \u00a9Iwacu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The audience was filled with approximately 250 people, mostly expatriates, \u201cThe English language is the major obstacle for Burundians who wish to come and watch the play\u201d, says Ketty Nivyabandi, one of Burundians present in that room.<br \/>\nPhilip Body, who is working temporarily in Burundi for peacekeeping forces in Somalia, attended. He stated that exploration of the English language could involve reading, watching TV and DVDs and attending the theatre. \u201cIt helps to improve the language. Moreover, there are gestures that should inspire the spectators,\u201d adds Body.<\/p>\n<p>The piece performed by the theatre troupe was a famous one &#8211; fantastic accompanied by folkloric music. The story was a kind of revenge and tragedy. \u201cBut the end was an ambiguous, the story doesn\u2019t let spectators discover themselves the end,\u201d indicates Body.<br \/>\nThe Shakespeare\u2019s globe theatre is composed of twelve actors and four stage managers. They have 129 countries remaining to visit. \u201cWe are traveling to every country on earth between April 2014 and April 2016. In two years, we will perform and share the Shakespeare\u2019s story and message in 205 countries\u201d, stated Beruce Khan, one of the actors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burundi is the 76th country in which the Shakespeare\u2019s Globe Theatre played Hamlet\u2019s Shakespeare. The event was held on 9th February 2015 at the King\u2019s Conference Centre.-By Diane Uwimana The audience was filled with approximately 250 people, mostly expatriates, \u201cThe English language is the major obstacle for Burundians who wish to come and watch the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[558,603],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}