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 Colvin (Rosencrantz), Richard Colvin (Guildenstern), Phil Corbitt (Gravedigger), Andy Cryer (Marcellus etc), Natalie Dew (Ophelia), Richard Evans (Polonius), Fine Time Fontayne (Claudius), Alex Gilbert (Young Fortinbras etc), Becky Hendley (Gertrude), Tom Kanji (Laertes), Guy Lewis (Horatio), Andrew Price (Barnardo etc), Nicholas Shaw (Hamlet)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Company: Northern Broadsides (in partnership with the New Vic)
Director(s): Conrad Nelson, Andy Cryer (assistant)
Design: Lis Evans
Lighting: David Philips