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06-23-2004, 04:16 PM
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Shakespeare Silences Guns in Rio Slum
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Shakespeare silenced the guns in a no man's land separating two warring Rio de Janeiro gangs on Tuesday night as residents of nearby slums watched Brazilian TV stars perform a play about love in time of war.
Actors and an audience of about 1,000 were greeted with a deafening welcome of firecrackers set off by the local Third Command drug gang shortly into the premiere of "Antony and Cleopatra" in a concrete, open-sided school sports hall. . . . "It was chaotic tonight but it's been a wake-up call to help bring these communities into the cultural mainstream," said Paul Heritage, the British director of the Portuguese-translated drama. "It's much more than a play. It brought people together ... this area is normally deserted, silent and violent," added Heritage, a drama professor at Queen Mary, University of London who has worked on mainly prison-based theater projects in Brazil for the past 12 years. . . . Heritage said he would stage "Antony and Cleopatra" and "Measure for Measure" in the City of God and other Rio favelas during the next eight weeks. Performances are also scheduled in Rio's chic southern zone near Ipanema beach. "We'll bus in kids from the favelas but it won't stop there. We have a year's program lined up," he said. Story  It's great when you get the chance to read something that helps restore faith in humanity's potential for good.
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06-23-2004, 04:53 PM
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You mean people can actually understand shakespear enough to find the morals behind it?
...or were they comatosed in a haze of confusion and boredom? ADD: I see.. it was translated into portugamese for them. ...now if only someone would translate it into English. 
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06-23-2004, 05:02 PM
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Quote:
hie ye from hence, Sirrah !
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06-24-2004, 04:49 AM
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Man, thats a really awesome story...wonder how long their peace will last, lol.
But its pretty amazing.
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