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Hamlet

By William Shakespeare
Director Simon Stone

  • Venue Upstairs Theatre
  • Dates 12 Oct – 1 Dec 2013
  • Duration Approx 2 hours, 15 mins (including interval)

    Every generation feels the irresistible compulsion to attempt to stage this, the greatest play by the greatest playwright. Then, when we try, we’re haunted by the ghosts of past Hamlets: Olivier, Gielgud… Roxburgh. Every new production becomes a strange mirror of the play itself: a new Hamlet encounters the ghost of an old Hamlet and puts on a play in order to find out how to really become Hamlet. It takes the perfect combination of director and leading man to tackle this perennial conundrum – to face up to the ghosts and plunge into the thing itself with clear eyes.

    Director Simon Stone is ruthless and visionary in his pursuit of the essential in a text; Toby Schmitz…. and Ewen Leslie… are a couple of the best actors of their generation: quick, droll and fiendishly sharp. Hamlet is the natural next step in the theatrical partnership of these actors and this director. They are joined by a cast of masters.

    IT’S TIME.

    Team

    By William Shakespeare
    Director Simon Stone
    Set Designer Ralph Myers
    Costume Designer Mel Page
    Lighting Designer Benjamin Cisterne
    Composer & Sound Designer Stefan Gregory
    Stage Manager Eva Tandy
    Assistant Stage Manager Angharad Lindley

    Cast

    Emily Barclay
    Luke Byrne
    Thomas Campbell
    John Gaden

    Ewen Leslie
    Nathan Lovejoy

    Robyn Nevin
    Anthony Phelan
    Maximilian Riebl
    Toby Schmitz

    Greg Stone

    Rehearsal images by Brett Boardman
    Production images by Brett Boardman

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