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

Cush Jumbo (Hamlet), Jonathan Ajayi, Joana Borja, Adrian Dunbar, Tara Fitzgerald, Norah Lopez Holden, Jonathan Livingstone, Joseph Marcell, Adesuwa Oni, Taz Skylar, Leo Wringer

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Young Vic
Director(s): Greg Hersov, Lucy Hind (movement director), Kev McCurdy (fight director), Sophie Holland (casting director)
Design(s): Anna Fleischle, Nina Dunn (video design)
Lighting: Neil Austin
Sound: Adam Cork