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The Essay: Shakespeare Around the Globe: Episode 5: Yong Li Lan

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Episode 5: Yong Li Lan

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Yong Li Lan describes how popular Shakespeare remains in China and south east Asia.

Yong Li Lan describes how popular Shakespeare remains in China and south east Asia, talking about how his work is interpreted and staged in the region.

As part of the Shakespeare Unlocked season on the BBC, writers from Sierra Leone, Brazil, India, Iran and China explain why a playwright from sixteenth century Stratford resonates so powerfully in their own countries. 
With Eldred Jones, Aimara Resende, Poonam Trivedi, Narguess Farzad and Yong Li Lan.

In the final essay in the series Yong Li Lan gives a unique insight into how popular Shakespeare remains in China and South East Asia. She talks about the way his work is interpreted and staged in the region. 

These essays explore Shakespeare's place on the global stage; with writers and scholars from around the world explaining his importance within their own culture. There are references to Hamlet and Othello in Iranian literature, for example, as well as in African and Chinese works. Othello was first translated into Persian 170 years ago by a Persian prince because the themes of jealousy and honour struck a chord with the Iranian psyche. Authors the world over have recognised a profound affinity between Shakespeare's themes and their own traditional culture, be in it Chinese, Indian or African.

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Writers from around the world explain the importance of Shakespeare in their own countries

As part of the BBC's Shakespeare Unlocked season, writers from Sierra Leone, Brazil, India, Iran and China explain why the work of the Bard resonates so powerfully in their own countries

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