There are irreplaceable words, ideas that change meaning in another language, the loss of immediate, indefinable rapport taken for granted by audience and actors with the same native language. In Argentina we rely on good translators but there are few Shakespearean experts. Sacrifices must be made. We have to select what is expendable without betraying the meaning. Just as Shakespeare takes us down unanticipated paths and thereby moves the world, so must we.
Theatre takes from life and reveals the human condition.
Shakespeare's writing is the best vehicle to an understanding of humanity and although he wrote in English, his perceptions belong to the reservoirs of all human knowledge. Indeed, as discussed by Harold Bloom, Shakespeare is the centre of the western canon of literature. Its core is multicultural and appreciated in all languages. Inter-relationships, passion, tact, and quests for life are textures in the plays which are common to all. Chaotic societies like Argentina, with its economic, social, political upheavals and diversities which complicate daily existence can also create artistic conditions.