Taking Hamlet World Wide

PART OF THE Festivals ISSUE

The world through the prism of Shakespeare’s universal drama

Hamlet, Globe to Globe: Taking Shakespeare to Every Country in the World is out now published by Canongate Books priced at £16.99. Dominic Dromgoole will be appearing at Hay Festival on June 3rd and more festivals later in the summer.

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