Hamlet
From: Friday, 1st June 2007
To: Saturday, 28 July 2007
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
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.
Our Review:
18 June 2007
Creation Theatre’s fast-moving accessible productions of Shakespeare’s plays succeed as a great introduction to his work, yet make it fresh for the seasoned buff. Last year’s highlight was an eerie Macbeth, and the previous year a Dream equally magical and hilarious, both played in a woodland setting. Also last year, Creation began its residence at Oxford Castle with a Merchant of Venice that seemed determined to show the Bard’s funky or even chav side, with plenty of rock music and costumes borrowed from Footballers’ Wives.
The Castle again plays host this year and the courtyard is a fine stand-in for Elsinore, providing walls and battlements against which to act out the story of betrayal, murder and revenge within the Danish Royal family. Gari Jones’ production takes the process of sexing up Shakespeare further, with even more rock music and rather less of Shakespeare’s text than is necessary for clear storytelling.
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Cast
Pepe Balderama
Alex Beckett
Portia Booroff
Amanda Haberland
Gavin Molloy
Simon Poole
Richard Rycroft
Gary Shelford
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
Creation Theatre Company (Company)
Gari Jones (Director)
Sara Perks (Design)
Matt Eaton (Sound)
Chris Smith (Lighting)
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