Details

A reworking of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Now on an international tour, The Tragedy of Hamlet premiered last year in Paris, where the British Brook has been based since the 1970s. Controversially, he has cut more than a third from Shakespeare's original text and reduced the cast to just eight. The Tragedy of Hamlet (La Tragedie d'Hamlet) website.

Cast/Performers

Adrian Lester (Hamlet), Natasha Parry (Gertrude), Scott Handy (Horatio), Jeffery Kissoon (Claudius / Ghost), Shantala Shivalingappa (Ophelia), Bruce Myers, Asil Rais, Rohan Siva

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer(s): Young Vic, Theatre des Bouffes du Nord
Director: Peter Brook
Lighting: Philippe Vialatte
Costume: Chloe Obolensky
Music: Toshi Tsuchitori