Behind barbed wire.
The place - ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan
The stage - A rocky patch of earth in this sprawling city of tents and prefab trailers
The cast - Refugees who had fled the civil war in Syria
The play - King Lear
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/world/middleeast/behind-barbed-wire-shakespeare-inspires-a-cast-of-young-syrians.html?emc=edit_th_20140401&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=58824118
If this does not validate the indomitable human spirit, what does.....?