• About: This is a pared-down, action-driven retelling of William Shakespeare's classic play. Intercut and overlapping scenes appeal to a fast-paced, modern sensibility, while shared soliloquies emphasize the parallels in the lives of Hamlet, Ophelia, Laertes – and Aeneas, the founder and ancient hero of Troy. Inserted sections of Vergil's Aeneid (one of Shakespeare's source materials) frame Hamlet's perspective on the play's tumultuous events, while a traveling corps of players dip in and out of the action, alternating between taking on roles and playing puppetmasters with the poor Danish court. This is Hamlet like you've never seen it: swift, decisive, and inexorably tragic, with a running time of around 120 minutes (including intermission).
  • Project Type: Directing
  • Produced by: Montford Park Players
  • Project Year: 2018
  • Theatre Review: https://mountainx.com/arts/theater-review-hamlet-by-montford-park-players/