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Hamlet archiveWritten 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. What if the irrational impulses and nightmarish terrors beneath the surface of the orderly civilised mind were surrendered to drama? Inspired by the eighteenth century gothic movement and the imagery of the early circus, this fresh new production of Hamlet brings a classic tale of dark desire, madness and revenge to life. Against the shadowed backdrop of Elsinore, where whispers of intrigue echo down the halls, the romantic rebel prince Hamlet battles against a truth he cannot accept, cavorting with the macabre travelling players and questioning the validity of natural and unnatural relations. Cambridge University's finest actors, technicians and designers cross the Atlantic to present, in Shakespeare's masterpiece, a world of performance and spectacle in a court where appearance is all.

Cast/Performers

Mark Farrelly (Hamlet)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Cambridge University American Stage Tour (CAST)
Director: Adam Barnard

Hamlet

Hamlet (Play) production archive for QTIX code T0800867102. Details of all Hamlet archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S3502

Archive Listings

4 Oct 00
  to
7 Oct 00
ADC Theatre
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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