The Globe's Hamlet plays in a Jordanian refugee camp.

Theatre Shakespeare's Globe's global tour of Hamlet, an attempt to perform the play in every country in the world hit problem with Syria, where, for obvious reasons they couldn't get permission or the insurance to perform. So instead they played to two hundred Syrian refugees at a camp in Jordan and The Guardian has a photograph journal of the moment:
"The children were keen to play and interact with the visitors, though this made the UN administrators nervous. Visitors are encouraged to stick to their itinerary. The mandolin provided a way for one of the actors, Miranda Foster, to connect with the enthusiastic kids at the camp - she made chord shapes with one hand while teaching them to strum the chords."
Don't forget to hit the play button on the accompanying audio which has music from the production and actors talking to representatives from the camp.

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