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Shakespeare in Kabul

by Qais Akbar Omar

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In 2005, a group of actors in Kabul performed "Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost" to the cheers of Afghan audiences and the raves of foreign journalists. This title captures the triumphs and foibles of the actors as they extend their Afghan passion for poetry to Shakespeare's.

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