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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY KATHERINE HADDON Actor Alex Hassell poses for a photograph in his dressing room at The Barbican Theatre in London on November 10, 2015. Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company embarks on its first major tour of China in 2016, hoping the Bard's history plays can say as much about the world's second-largest economy as they do about medieval England. Marking 400 years since William Shakespeare's death, the prestigious theatre company will take productions of "Henry IV Part I", "Henry IV Part II" and "Henry V" to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong in February and March. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP / ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY KATHERINE HADDON Actor Alex Hassell poses for a photograph in his dressing room at The Barbican Theatre in London on November 10, 2015. Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company embarks on its first major tour of China in 2016, hoping the Bard's history plays can say as much about the world's second-largest economy as they do about medieval England. Marking 400 years since William Shakespeare's death, the prestigious theatre company will take productions of "Henry IV Part I", "Henry IV Part II" and "Henry V" to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong in February and March. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP / ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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