'This is the short and the long of it'

— Act IV, Scene 1

Part of the 2012 Globe to Globe Festival.

From a land constantly troubled by water, enter Shakespeare's mariners, wet and speaking Bangla. As well as pioneering new Bangladeshi drama, the Dhaka Theatre, Bangladesh's most prominent theatre group, has staged The Merchant of Venice and Brecht's The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui. Often called Bengali, Bangla is one of London's most widely spoken languages.

Cast

Gonzalo:
Chowdhury Rubayet Ahmed

Sebastian:
Shajjad Ahmed

Prospero:
Pijush Bandopadhaya

Stephano:
Kamal Bayzid

Antonio:
Rafiqul Islam

Trinculo:
Samiun Jahan

Alonso:
Shahiduzzaman Selim Khan

Ferdinand:
Khairul Islam Pakhi

Caliban:
Md. Matius Shams

Miranda:
Esha Yousuf

Ariel:
Shimul Yousuf

Spirit:
Bidhan Chandra Singha

Spirit:
Nil Moni Singha

Creatives

Technician:
Wasim Ahmed

Director for the Screen:
Ian Russell

Director:
Nasir Uddin Yousuff