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• International Message for World Theatre Day 2002 in ENGLISH (original text)
• Bio data of author- Girish KARNAD,  playwright, (India). 
• Background World Theatre Day - 27th March in English

• Message international  pour la Journée Mondiale du Théâtre  2002 en FRANCAIS
• Informations biographiques Girish KARNAD  (Inde), auteur dramatique,
• Historique - Journée Mondiale du Théâtre en français

• World Theatre Day Messages List of Authors 1962 - 2002

Le Message international est traduit en plus de 20 langues !Through the ITI National Centres and other members of the theatre community, the International Message is translated into more than 20 languages ! 

• English-anglais(original)
• French-français 
• Spanish-espagnol (TRADUCCIÓN AL CASTELLANO REALIZADA POR ÑAQUE EDITORA).

• Arabic-arabe
• Basque
• Croatian-croate
• Czech-tchèque
• Danish-danois
• Estonian-estonien
• Filipino 
• Finnish-finnois
• German-allemand
• Greek-grec
• Marathi (Indian regional language - translation Praveen Bhole, Centre for Performing Arts, Lalit kala Kendra, University of Pune)
• Nepali
• Persian 
• Romanian-roumain
• Slovak-slovaque
• Slovenian-slovène
• Swedish-suédois

WORLD THEATRE DAY was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute (ITI). 
It is celebrated annually on the 27th March by ITI Centres and the international theatre community. Various national and international theatre events are organized to mark this occasion. 
One of the most important of these is the circulation of the World Theatre Day International Message traditionally written by a theatre personality of world stature. 
The first World Theatre Day International Message was written by Jean Cocteau (France) in 1962.