TY - BOOK ID - 145937035 TI - Hamid & Shakespeare : the tragi-comic journey of a refugee PY - 2022 SN - 9781912408801 PB - Oxford : Myriad Editions, DB - UniCat KW - Immigrés. KW - Shakespeare, William, KW - Calais (Pas-de-Calais) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145937035 AB - A chance spotting from the back of a refrigerated lorry of a poster marking Shakespeare's 400th birthday spurs a refugee's imagination to transport himself from his detention cell to a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at London's Globe Theatre. As we move between the 21st and 17th centuries, Shakespeare introduces Hamid both to a promised new land, and to a series of well- known plays through which Hamid tells his own experiences: of interrogation, of his journey from home: crossing the sea, getting lost in the forest, his months spent in the Calais Jungle refugee camp, and his arrival in the UK in the back of a refrigerated lorry. In turn, Shakespeare teaches Hamid how to speak English and how to behave as he navigates the London Underground, and gives him a helping hand at the Home Office. The book is created in collaboration with award-winning theatre company Good Chance who have worked with Adin since meeting him in their pop-up dome in the Calais Jungle. ER -