Details

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.

Cast/Performers

Benjamin Cabuk, Barnaby Metschurat, Rudiger Kuhibrodt, Klaus Pohl, Otto Sander, Eva Mattes, Angela Winker, Paulus Manker, Uwe Bohm, Annett Renneberg, Knut Koch, Hermann Lause, Sarah Ross, Jan Fischer

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Deutsches Schauspilhaus Hamburg
Director(s): Peter Zadek, Klaus Figge (fight)
Design: Wilfried Minks
Costume: Lucie Bates
Lighting: Andre Diot
Music: Peer Raben