• Broads and the Bard: Fawzia on Translating Romeo and Juliet

  • Feb 28 2024
  • Length: 23 mins
  • Podcast
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Broads and the Bard: Fawzia on Translating Romeo and Juliet

  • Summary

  • This week we chat with Fawzia Istrabadi about the challenges and rewards of translating Romeo and Juliet into Arabic.

    Fawzia Istrabadi (She/They) is a Shakespeare actor and the creator of Arabic Shakespeare. A half-Iraqi actor who has a passion for creating representation for Arab/SWANA theatre artists. This passion is what led her to team up with Prague Shakespeare Company's Guy Roberts and ShakeSphere's Adham Sayed to create Romeo & جولييت.

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    Art by Lizzy Colandene

    Music by Constantino Fernandez

    Sound by Jonathan Miot

    Podcast by Micaela Mannix

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