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In The Speaker\u2019s Progress<\/a><\/em>, part of the 2011 Next Wave Festival<\/a>, Sulayman Al-Bassam presents the\u00a0final installment of a trilogy that reinterprets Shakespeare within the context of the modern Middle East. On Friday, the director talks about the Bard and the current political situation with Robyn Creswell, Arabic translator and\u00a0Paris Review<\/em> poetry editor.<\/p>\n

To win tickets to this Artist Talk, simply e-mail the subject line \u201cBAM\u201d to contests@theparisreview.org. The first two readers to respond are on their way to Fort Greene! (Two tickets per winner.)<\/p>\n

\u201cShakespeare in the Middle East\u201d
\nHillman Attic Studio, Brooklyn Academy of Music
\nFriday, October 7 at 6 P.M.<\/small>
\n$10; $5 for Friends of BAM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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