Shakespeare translated into Maori : "shall I compare thee to a summers day"

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Bard goes Maori at the Globe The Bard will become Wiremu Hekepia next week when some of his most beautiful lines come to life in a te reo Maori performance at London's Globe Theatre. Veteran actor Rawiri Paratene will perform Sonnet 18 as part of a gift from New Zealand's Shakespeare Globe Centre in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the sonnets. Te Haumihiata Mason, who translated the work, said Shakespeare's passionate ode to a lover could work in any language. ...