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A tornado tore down part of the stage, but the festival rebuilt and is ready to stage Shakespeare's most well known work.
Shakespeare might well be rolling in his grave to see his Hamlet trimmed down to a one hour 45 minutes, with elements of the story told swiftly and deftly through movement sequences to a backdrop of ...
The latest example of this comes with the truly ambitious ‘Hamlet Hail to the Thief’, an adaptation co-assembled alongside celebrated directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones. The play, launching ...
It's a solo show but it’s still Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. If you’re expecting a comedy routine about Hamlet from Izzard, then rethink that right now. As adapted by Mark Izzard and ...
To paraphrase Hamlet, the question facing those staging this famous play is “To be or not to be the traditional production.” There are strong arguments for either choice. As you watch “Hamlet,” it ...
For residents of Blackburn Hamlet, it’s often easier to look east towards Orléans for shops, restaurants and other amenities rather than west towards the downtown core. It’s left some local ...
Of course, we're talking about the title character of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," which opens April 17 at Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery. The play, set in Denmark, was in its first ...
Season three shifts the setting to Thailand. There, the show’s satire of super-wealth is framed through not only the lens of Buddhism, but also through many of Shakespeare’s great tragedies: Hamlet, ...
Chelsea may be thinking of The Princess Bride (1987), but we’re firmly in Hamlet territory. Her partner Rick (Walton Goggins) soon sets off to avenge his father’s death and kicks off a chain ...
The finale featured several plot lines mirroring Shakespearean tragedies, including "Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet." The tragic demise of Hamlet and Ophelia, driven by revenge and resulting in a ...
WARWICK, R.I. – “Hamlet” is a play of excesses. It is Shakespeare’s longest work, clocking in at five acts and 30,557 words in its unabridged form. Those words focus largely on the inner ...
"Use all gently," advises Hamlet to the Player King in Act 3 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's famed tragedy. "For in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, the whirlwind of passion," he continues ...