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At MSU, Director Iqbal Khan on race in Shakespeare

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We speak with the English-Pakistani theater director Iqbal Khan, who has led productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Globe Theater, and recently at the Hollywood Bowl. He's in town this week talking about Shakespeare with students and faculty.

Extended interview here.

All this week, MSU’s College of Arts and Letters Leading Voices Series has been under way with theatrical director Iqbal Khan in residency here in East Lansing.

Current State’s Jamie Paisley talks with the Englishman born of Pakistani immigrants about his take on directing works by Shakespeare at London’s Globe Theater and elsewhere.

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