Pictured here you can see Hamlet and Ophelia sat in front of the player’s stage, upon which the play-within-a-play was performed. The audience watched Ophelia and Laertes sing a duet.

Playwrights Lauren M. Gunderson and Sarah Mantell are reimagining supporting characters from “Hamlet” and “The Merchant of ...

This contrasted with the broken, neurotic Ophelia we would see later in the play. The prompt book reveals that Hamlet remained on stage whilst Polonius spoke to Ophelia about the prince’s recent ...

The abridged production speaks directly to its teen audience by homing in on family tensions and focusing on the struggles of ...

Luke Thallon talks about his decision to play Hamlet for The Royal Shakespeare Company and his struggles with mental health.

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A new production of Hamlet is arriving at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Directed by Rupert Goold and starring Luke Thallon ...

Set in Elsinore, which has become a surveillance state, the play centres on Hamlet and Ophelia’s awakening to the lies and ...

Equity actors in Ensemble Theatre Company’s (ETC) production of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at the New Vic Theatre, my companion ...