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

Jamie Ballard (Hamlet), Francesca Ryan (Gertrude), Jay Villiers (Claudius), Annabel Scholey (Ophelia), Oliver le Sueur (Laertes), Alistair Wilkinson, Alan Coveney, Philip Buck, Jonathan Nibbs, Andrew Hilton, Roland Oliver, Nicholas Gadd, Paul Nicholson, Morgan Philpott, Russell Bright, David Collins, Oliver Millingham

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory
Director: Jonathan Miller