Hamlet

T02020131721
Written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. The play vividly charts the course of real and feigned madness - from overwhelming grief to seething rage - and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.

Author

Shakespeare

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Archive :: production:T02020131721, play:S3502, venue:V165
Current production:Work

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Production details

From Vilnius, Lithuania. Legendary Lithuanian director Eimuntas Nekrosius Hamlet is one of the most celebrated Shakespearean productions of our age. It has toured the world and is now coming to London for the first time. Nekrosius work, universally regarded as a new chapter in theatre history, engages with the sheer diversity of human nature, at once funny and violent, visceral and light-hearted, and always deeply compelling. Performed in Lithuanian. Part of Globe to Globe 2012 - World Shakespeare Festival