LONDON | Tue Sep 6, 2011 2:46 pm EDT

London (Reuters)-the world's a stage in the country of origin of Shakespeare as organizers announced the launch of the World Festival of Shakespeare in London on Tuesday.

The 23 April to November 2012 festival, conceived as part of London 2012 Festival and described as a "scandalous and unprecedented collaboration" by the organizers, is set to join the Shakespeare fans from around the world in a multilingual and multicultural appreciation of the Bard in a technological age.

"Shakespeare's previous festivals were an ancient type of festival, but this Shakespeare Festival in the world for a new era," Deborah Shaw, Director of the Shakespeare Festival in the world.

A "big world class," allowing students and teachers around the world to share information about Shakespeare in its culture, as well as the launch of digital materials specially commissioned for schools called "Shakespeare Unlocked," means that participation in the festival is not limited to the people of Britain.

"Four years ago, we started conversations with artists, producers, educators and curators from across the United Kingdom and the world, to seed and form a festival that celebrates the Shakespeare and resets the festival can be in this era of globalisation," said Shaw.

"Any person in the world can take part in this Festival of Shakespeare through their digital projects," she said.

The release comes as the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the British Council revealed that 50 per cent of children of the world studying Shakespeare at school.

The clamp more traditional festival of performances of the work of the Bard will include a schedule of all 37 of his plays in 37 languages at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on the banks of the River Thames in London. A million tickets will go on sale from 10 October.

Theatre goers can expect performances in Xhosa and Swahili, as well as theatre companies of Turkey, Greece, Albania and even a group of Maori in New Zealand.

PLAYWRIGHT IN THE WORLD

The program will also feature 23 new productions brand throughout Britain, most of which were commissioned especially for the festival.

"The festival will be a Carnival of stories-we have theater companies from warzones and underground theatre companies participate," said Dominic Dromgoole,, artistic director of the globe.

"A globe by Thames is where he began to travel cultural and imaginative these wonderful pieces. Another world by the Thames has the honour of inviting Shakespeare back home, dressed in clothes of many different people, "he said.

It is Shakespeare's representation of human qualities that lend resonance to the success of his works in other cultures, becoming "playwright of the world," organizers say.

"Shakespeare is no longer the property of English. He is the favorite playwright and artist from all over the world. People of all races, creeds and continents opted to gather around their work to share stories of how the human being, "said Michael Boyd, artistic director of the RSC.

"Shakespeare is a lingua franca deeper than any language."It can help in talking about the autocracy and the civil war-his works are a Trojan horse bright, he said.

(Editing by Paul Casciato)

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