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Nelson Mandela's Shakespeare edition to go on display | Nelson Mandela's Shakespeare edition to go on display |
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A copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare that inspired Nelson Mandela while he was in prison in South Africa is to go on display in London. | A copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare that inspired Nelson Mandela while he was in prison in South Africa is to go on display in London. |
The edition, which was smuggled into the Robben Island jail, includes notes added by Mandela and other prisoners it was shared with. | The edition, which was smuggled into the Robben Island jail, includes notes added by Mandela and other prisoners it was shared with. |
The book, dubbed the Robben Island Bible, will be part of an exhibition celebrating the playwright. | The book, dubbed the Robben Island Bible, will be part of an exhibition celebrating the playwright. |
Shakespeare: Staging the World opens at the British Museum on 19 July. | Shakespeare: Staging the World opens at the British Museum on 19 July. |
The book has a cover featuring Hindu deities from Diwali greetings cards, a disguise designed to trick the prison wardens. | The book has a cover featuring Hindu deities from Diwali greetings cards, a disguise designed to trick the prison wardens. |
The passage Mandela chose as his favourite was from Julius Caesar, just before the Roman statesman leaves for the senate on the Ides of March. | |
It includes the lines: "Cowards die many times before their deaths/The valiant never taste of death but once." | It includes the lines: "Cowards die many times before their deaths/The valiant never taste of death but once." |
Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years during the apartheid years before being released in 1990. | Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years during the apartheid years before being released in 1990. |
He went on to become the country's first black president. | He went on to become the country's first black president. |
The Shakespeare book was smuggled in by fellow prisoner Sonny Venkatrathnam. | The Shakespeare book was smuggled in by fellow prisoner Sonny Venkatrathnam. |
The exhibition is part of the World Shakespeare Festival, under the umbrella of the London 2012 Festival. | The exhibition is part of the World Shakespeare Festival, under the umbrella of the London 2012 Festival. |
It will feature almost 200 objects, including an Ides of March coin commissioned by Brutus shortly after the assassination of Caesar in 44 BC. | It will feature almost 200 objects, including an Ides of March coin commissioned by Brutus shortly after the assassination of Caesar in 44 BC. |
A number of items excavated from the sites of the Globe and Rose theatres in London, where Shakespeare's plays were performed during his lifetime, will also be shown. | A number of items excavated from the sites of the Globe and Rose theatres in London, where Shakespeare's plays were performed during his lifetime, will also be shown. |
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