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King Lear was brought together with Hamlet in a theatrical project involving 100 Syrian refugee children in a camp in north-east Jordan, according to a March 27, 2014 Al-Jazeera TV report. Syrian actor Nuwar Al-Bulbul, who was behind the project, said that the play was an effort to "support the childhood that has been neglected by the violence sweeping Syria."
Following are excerpts from the report:
Reporter: “Shakespeare in Za’atre” is a theatrical play, in which some 100 Syrian children try to portray an image of their lives that is associated with culture and art, not with allegations of terrorism, which the media outlets of the Syrian regime try to pin on them.
With meager resources in this refugee camp in north-east Jordan, Syrian artist Nuwar Al-Bulbul labored for three months to prepare this play, which tries to support the childhood that has been neglected, he says, by the violence sweeping his country.
Nuwar Al-Bulbul: These are children, not terrorists, like the media says. These are children. You’ve seen their play. They are capable of doing anything they want.
Reporter: Important Syrian actors came to see the play and expressed admiration at the innocence with which the children tackled these Western texts, which even adults find challenging.
From behind a fence, the spectators watched the creativity of the Syrian children. This boy even threw down his plastic gun, and watched for an hour a play that brought King Lear together with Hamlet, away from politics and the revolution.
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