汇天下 | 莎士比亚的世界，世界的莎士比亚（William Shakespeare, a man for the whole world）

26.Apr.2020

April 23 is traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of the world's greatest English writer and dramatist William Shakespeare, and was therefore designated by the United Nations (UN) as English Language Day.

4月23日是世界上最伟大的英语作家和戏剧家威廉·莎士比亚的诞生和离世的日子，因此联合国将这天定为英语日。

In the late 1580s or early 1590s, young Shakespeare left his hometown Stratford-upon-Avon to London alone to chase his theater dream. Although he had never been to a university nor received professional training in drama writing, Shakespeare created 38 dramas handed down throughout history, including "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet" ,with his extraordinary imagination and poetic language.

16世纪80年代末或90年代初，年轻的莎士比亚离开他的家乡斯特拉特福（在埃文河畔）独自去伦敦追逐他的戏剧梦。虽然他从未上过大学，也没有接受过戏剧写作方面的专业训练，但是他以非凡的想象力和极富诗意的语言创造了38部戏剧，并流传至今，其中就包括《哈姆雷特》和《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。

More than 400 years have passed and Shakespeare's works have spanned time, place and transcended different cultures to be studied, appreciated and loved by people all over the world.

400多年过去了，莎士比亚的作品跨越了时间和空间，跨越了不同的文化，全世界的人民都在研究、欣赏和阅读他的作品。

"I think he is a man for the whole world. Shakespeare lives." said Chinese director and playwright Stan Lai.

“莎士比亚是世界的、永恒的莎士比亚。” 中国导演兼剧作家赖声川表示。

Lai said he loves a lot of Shakespeare's moments, especially the Prospero's monologue at the end of the Act 5 in "The Tempest":

赖声川说，他喜欢很多莎士比亚的作品片段，尤其是《暴风雨》第五幕最后普洛斯彼罗的独白：

Now my charms are all over thrown

“现在我已把我的魔法全部抛弃

And what strength I have's mine own

剩余微弱的力量都属于我自己”

"In that moment, he has left the magic world he has created and come down to Earth. His way of thinking touches me deeply," said Lai.

“在那一刻，最伟大的艺术家回到了凡尘，不再变魔法了。他这一段是非常打动我的。”赖声川说。

Hugh Bonneville, who played the leading role of Robert Crawley in TV drama "Downton Abbey" ,also shared his favorite line from "Hamlet":

在电视剧《唐顿庄园》中扮演主角罗伯特·克劳利的休·博纳维尔，也分享了他最喜欢的《哈姆雷特》中的台词：

If it be now, 'tis not to come

“注定在今天，就不会是明天

If it be not to come, it will be now.

不是明天，就是今天

If it be not now, yet it will come—the readiness is all

逃过了今天，明天还是逃不了”

Source:CGTN

信息来源：中国国际电视台

Video Editor:Liu chang fang da

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