And Supple should know, because for the last 20 years, the 43-year-old theatre director has helmed stage performances in Britain, the Middle East, the Far East, and in America. He has also directed an opera and a film.

But what Supple and his crew are doing to Midsummer Night's Dream is no less imaginative: They are performing the classic in seven languages -- English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi and Sinhalese.

Not seven different plays, but one play, with the dialogues divided among the languages.

Organised by the British Council in India, Supple's play -- which has an ensemble cast put together from India and Sri Lanka -- will be staged in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Sri Lanka and England.

In a freewheeling conversation with Special Correspondent A Ganesh Nadar, Supple, who considers himself a global citizen, speaks about his life, theatre and why feels at home in India:

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