Shakespeare Demystified: The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare Demystified: The Merchant of Venice

The Kuala Lumpur Shakespeare Players began their Shakespeare Demystified series in 2011 with Julius Caesar. The aim of the project, run annually, is to make Shakespeare accessible to the "general masses." The productions are minimalist and creative, combining original canonical speeches with narration in contemporary English.   

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The HandleBards

The "world's first cycling theatre company," The HandleBards returned to Edinburgh in 2016 with two troupes, The Boys and The Girls. Each troupe was composed of four actors who carried set, props and costumes around the UK (and beyond) on bicycles to perform all-male Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III and all-female Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew in unique venues from gardens to castles.

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