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

David Ricardo-Pearce, Jessica Baglow (Ophelia), Margot Leicester (Gertrude), Brian Protheroe (Claudius), John Branwell, Claire Hackett, Michael Peavoy, Eric Potts, Kiruna Stamell, Mitesh Soni, Anna Tierney, Leah Walker, Philip Harland, Edd Lovatt

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Presented by(s): Octagon Theatre Bolton, University of Bolton
Director: David Thacker