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03/04/2012

As the Globe to Globe Shakespeare Festival nears, the 大象传媒's James Copnall was in South Sudan to hear how the world's newest country is getting on with their first Shakespearean production, Cymbeline.

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On today's programme: Shakespeare in South Sudan and Peter Carey: The Chemistry of Tears.

Pictured: The South Sudan Theatre Company rehearsing Cymbeline (photo credit: Banyak Films & Transformedia).

On twitter: @southsudanTC

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18 minutes

Last on

Wed 4 Apr 2012 08:32GMT

Chapters

  • Peter Carey: The Chemistry of Tears

    Take one acclaimed Australian author and one fraudulent 18th Century automata - a French-digesting-and-defecating-duck - and you get a novel about grief, global warming and the nature of life itself.

    Duration: 09:57

  • Shakespeare in South Sudan

    As the Globe to Globe Shakespeare Festival nears, the 大象传媒's James Copnall was in South Sudan to hear how the world's newest country is getting on with their first Shakespearean production, Cymbeline.

    Duration: 07:31

Broadcasts

  • Tue 3 Apr 2012 14:32GMT
  • Tue 3 Apr 2012 22:32GMT
  • Wed 4 Apr 2012 02:32GMT
  • Wed 4 Apr 2012 08:32GMT