guardian.co.uk: "Is it possible to watch a play in a language that you don't speak or understand, and still enjoy it?
Earlier in the year I was lucky enough to catch Thomas Ostermeier's production of Hamlet in Berlin. I've been a huge fan of Ostermeier since I saw his stark, spare Hedda Gabler at the Barbican early last year. I also figured that I probably know Hamlet well enough to get by. And so it proved. As long as you know the German for 'To be or not to be' ('Sein oder nichtsein' as it goes), it's not hard to follow the action, recognise the characters, and hear (through half-remembered German lessons) some familiar snatches of dialogue."
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