A review by sujuv
Hamlet Globe to Globe: Two Years, 193,000 Miles, 197 Countries, One Play by Dominic Dromgoole

3.0

I would give this book 3 1/2 stars if Goodreads allowed (!). I think part of the reason it didn't hit four stars for me was that it wasn't quite what I expected, though it did a pretty darn good job being what it is. The book is about the remarkable feat of the Globe Theatre taking Hamlet to every country in the world (or at least the people of every country) over two years. I was expecting more of a travelogue style and while there was some of that, the author (who was the Globe's leader at the time) admits he was not on the entire tour so that book is for one of the actors to write. He does include interesting anecdotes from the places where he joined them and then connects the situations in different parts of the world to the play. And he's generally successful at doing that. What really comes through is his passion for theater and his open heart for the world, which in the times we live in I found truly moving.