Which plays have been translated into every major language and have been brought to children by a theatre company founded in 1988 in Toronto?
Shakespeare's plays
Title: Prospect Theatre Company
Passage: The Prospect Theatre Company was an English company founded, as Prospect Productions, in 1961.  Based at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge from 1964 until 1969, the company, with Toby Robertson as artistic director and Richard Cottrell as associate director, toured both nationally and internationally with a mainly classical repertoire, providing notable appearances of such actors as Ian McKellen and Timothy West.  The company became closely associated with the Edinburgh Festival after its first appearance there in 1967.  Separating from the Arts Theatre in 1969, the company, renamed The Prospect Theatre Company, survived without a permanent base for the next eight years under the direction of Toby Robertson, mounting productions in which Derek Jacobi and Dorothy Tutin made significant appearances.  Eventually the company found a new home at London's Old Vic in 1977: two years later it became the Old Vic Theatre Company.  Though noted for its exemplary ensemble playing, the company lost its Arts Council of Great Britain funding in 1980 after Timothy West's first season as Robertson's successor, leading to Prospect's demise.
Title: Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company
Passage: Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company is a 501(c)3 non-profit theatre company in Atlanta, GA co-founded by Tony-winning Broadway director Kenny Leon and Jane Bishop in 2002.  True Colors Theatre Company had their inaugural season in 2003-2004 under the leadership of co-founder and Artistic Director Kenny Leon.  True Colors Theatre Company produces world premiere plays by diverse playwrights as well as a commitment to preserving African-American classics.  There is no permanent theater space for the company, they have dubbed themselves a "moveable feast", presenting plays at the Southwest Arts Center, Theatrical Outfits Balzer Theatre, Porter Sanford III Performing Arts Center and the Rialto Center.
Title: Prithvi Theatre
Passage: Prithvi Theatre is one of Mumbai's best known theatres.  It was built by Shashi Kapoor and his wife Jennifer Kapoor in memory of Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi's father, who had dreamt of having a "home" for his repertory theatre company, Prithvi Theatres, belongs to the Kapoor family, one of the most influential actor and director families in Bollywood.  Prithviraj Kapoor founded 'Prithvi Theatres', a travelling theatre company in 1944.  The company ran for sixteen years.  Ved Segan was the architect who designed and built the Theatre with the supervision of Jennifer Kapoor.  Jennifer, (Trustee) supervised the building and running of the theatre until her death in 1984.  In 1978 Prithvi Theatre opened in Juhu, Mumbai.  Shashi Kapoor is the Managing Trustee, the daily affairs are looked after by Kunal Kapoor (Trustee) with a small but efficient team.  Prithvi Theatre has shows every day of the year (closed Mondays), hosts an annual Summertime programme of workshops and plays for children, the Memorial Concert on 28 February, an annual Theatre Festival in November, and many partnership programmes promoting language, poetry, international cinema & documentaries, performing arts – which are free to the public.
Title: Cowboy Who?
Passage: Cowboy Who?  was an original 45 episode children's television series in Canada, which aired in a half-hour Sunday morning timeslot between 1990 and 1994 on the MCTV system.  The show was a collaboration between then radio producer Jeff Green and the children's theatre group Salt & Pepper Theatre Company.  In 1987, the Salt & Pepper Theatre Company had written and performed an 8-part series of 30 minute children's radio programs for Ottawa album oriented rock station CHEZ-FM on which Green had acted as producer and engineer.  In addition, the theatre group had been involved with CHRO-TV, supplying children's theatre workshops in schools throughout the Ottawa Valley.  When the Salt & Pepper Theatre Company were offered a regular slot on the station to help fulfill its CRTC license commitments for original local children's programming, they approached Green to collaborate on a series.  In 1990, the team produced a pilot for "Cowboy Who?" , which gained them a commitment for a season of 13 episodes, and primary shooting began in the fall of that year.  Two and a half more seasons were eventually created.  The show spent several years in rotation on the MCTV stations.
Title: Translations of One Thousand and One Nights
Passage: The translations of "One Thousand and One Nights" have been made into virtually every major language of the world.  They began with the French translation by Antoine Galland (titled "Les mille et une nuits", finished in 1717).  Galland's translation was essentially an adapted Arabic manuscript of Syrian origins and oral tales recorded by him in Paris from a Maronite Arab from Aleppo named Youhenna Diab or Hanna Diab.
Title: Shakespeare's plays
Passage: The plays written by English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and in Western literature.  Traditionally, the plays are divided into the genres of tragedy, history, and comedy; they have been translated into every major living language, in addition to being continually performed all around the world.
Title: Melbourne Theatre Company
Passage: The Melbourne Theatre Company (popularly known as MTC) is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria.  Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia.  The company's Southbank Theatre houses the 500-seat Sumner and the 150-seat Lawler, and the company also performs in the Arts Centre Melbourne's Fairfax Studio and Playhouse, all located in Melbourne's Arts Precinct in Southbank.  Considered Victoria's state theatre company, it formally comes under the auspices of the University of Melbourne.  Currently, it offers a Mainstage Season of ten to twelve plays each year, as well as education, family and creative development activities.  It has a subscriber base of approximately 20,000 people and plays to a quarter of a million people annually.
Title: Desperate Men Theatre Company
Passage: Desperate Men Theatre Company is a street theatre company founded by Richie Smith and Jon Beedell in 1980, and is the UK's longest-running street theatre company.  Now based in Bristol, England, the company aims to produce original, accessible comic theatre, and offers a variety of street animations, bespoke work, and creative consultancy.
Title: Shakespeare in Action
Passage: Shakespeare in Action is a Toronto-based, multi-racial Shakespearean theatre company for young audiences.  The company aspires to enhance the arts and education by bringing Shakespeare's plays to children and students across Toronto.  Founded in 1988 by Artistic Director Michael Kelly, Shakespeare in Action offers a wide variety of programming for students, teachers and the community, including in-class workshops, mainstage productions, summer programs and more.  In 2009 the company became the Artist Company in Residence at Toronto's Central Commerce Collegiate Institute.  The company also partners with TD Bank and the Toronto Public Library to produce the Shakespeare for Kids Library Club, a free program where children learn how to act out Shakespeare's plays themselves.
Title: Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company
Passage: Chilsag Chillies is an Indian Theatre company and the flagship LiveShow,Stageplay and musical production arm of the Chisag Entertainment Network.The company has operations in US, UK, Canada and India and has a network of talented artists all over the world.  Chilsag Chillies also maintains a global network of research centers in key cities around the world that provide inputs on the latest in world theatre.Founded in 2003 by Sachin Gupta ,Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company prides itself in being one of the few theatre companies that showcase their own original creations.  Within the short period of its existence, Chilsag Chillies Theatre Company has been able to set a benchmark of success in the field of theatre.  The very first production of the company, “Celebration of Life”, was felicitated by the chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit and was also appreciated internationally when it was performed at the Factory Theatre, Toronto, Canada and Off-Broadway Theare,New York.  The high standard set by the first production has only been matched, if not surpassed, by the succeeding productions.
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