Shakespeare's Hamlet takes a trip around the world

Actors from Britain's Globe Theatre perform in a production of William Shakespeare's drama Hamlet at the British embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan April 10, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Omar Sobhani

Baggage check in the Caribbean, and something shows up on a security guard’s screen. He signals to a colleague, who pulls the offending rucksack to one side, opens it and holds up what seems to be a human skull.

Understandably, he wants an explanation. His English isn’t great. A young woman steps forward. She puts on a deep voice and adopts a familiar pose. “To be, or not to be,” she booms. The security guard smiles. He gets it: Hamlet.