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

Tobias Menzie (Hamlet), Jane Birkin (Gertrude), Paul Shelley (Polonius), Hilton McRae (Claudius), Dvid Ganly (Horatio), Aled Pugh, Tom Edden, Dominic Colchester, Michael Shaeffer, Jamie de Courcey, Poppy Miller (Ophelia)

Creatives/Company

Author: Shakespeare
Producer: Royal and Derngate Theatres
Director: Ruper Goold
Design: Laura Hopkins
Lighting: Mark Jonathan
Music: Adam Cork