Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon | until 13th August.
Simon Godwin’s 2016 adaptation of
‘Hamlet’
starring Paapa Essiedu in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon until 13th August.
Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead.
Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality.
Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2014) directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy.
As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.
Royal Shakespeare Theatre,Stratford-upon-Avon – 22 Mar – 13 Aug 201
Running time: 2 hrs 55 mins + 20 mins interval
Find out more: https://www.rsc.org.uk/hamlet