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Actors from Shakespeare’s Globe in London performed the play on a makeshift stage to around 250 people last week. Dominic Dromgoole, the Globe’s artistic director said it was part of “the ground-breaking tour’s ability to reach displaced people across the world”.
“It’s a great privilege to play for displaced people in Calais. As a theatre company, the only gesture we can offer is this – a show that we hope speaks to the human spirit at its greatest and its darkest moments.”
Tom Bird, the Globe’s executive producer, told The Times: “People were trying to cut through to the backstage.
“There were a lot of knives around. That’s what really put me on edge. They were visible and out.”
A spokeswoman for the Globe said: “We were aware of knives being present, but this was one of several factors that led us to lightly shorten what was always going to be a shortened version of the production.”