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The World Shakespeare Festival is an intercultural celebration of William Shakespeare's plays developed as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. It began on 23 April 2012 and will finish in November 2012 and includes nearly 70 translations, adaptations, and re-workings of Shakespeare's plays. It is produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and involves the British Museum, Shakespeare's Globe, the Barbican Centre, the National Theatre Wales, the Almeida Theatre, and the National Theatre London, among others. It includes approximately 70 productions related to Shakespeare's plays, over half of which were performed in a language other than English (particularly those performed at Shakespeare's Globe). Shakespeare also features in the British Broadcasting Company's 'Shakespeare Unlocked' 2012 season (particularly The Hollow Crown (TV series) and in the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[17]