Hamlet
From: Friday, 29th May 2009
To: Saturday, 22 August 2009
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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:
Maxwell Cooter - 4 June 2009
The Donmar’s season in the West End comes to end with its high-profile Hamlet. And as befits a Hollywood star, Jude Law is firmly at the focus of Michael Grandage’s production, although whether the play benefits from this is questionable.
Law must be one of the angriest Hamlets ever, when he exclaims “now could I drink hot blood”, you wonder what he could have been feasting on before now. There’s little of the philosopher prince contemplating life’s bigger questions; there’s little of the hesitancy of a man weighing up a host of options. Law’s performance is more suited to Harry Hotspur than to the Prince of Denmark – he’s straining for revenge even before he hears the Ghost’s story. This Hamlet would have killed Claudius, beaten up Rosencrantz and Guildenstern before the interval and spent the second half sending Fortinbras packing.
It’s a contrast to Law’s last perfo...
Latest User Review
Dave J - 11 February 2011:
The most appalling attempt i have ever seen - this is Jude Law introspective not Hamlet and he is so one dimensional! Only the female fan base I think allowed this to happen. Not all screen actors can make it on the stage - he bored me most of the time -sorry Jude!...
Cast
Jude Law (Hamlet)
Penelope Wilton (Gertrude)
Kevin R McNally (Claudius)
Ron Cook (Polonius)
Matt Ryan (Horatio)
Alex Waldmann (Laertes)
Peter Eyre (the Ghost of Hamlet's Fathe/Player King)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Ophelia)
John MacMillan (Rosencrantz)
Gwilym Lee (Guildenstern)
Creative
Shakespeare (Author)
Donmar Warehouse (Producer)
Michael Grandage (Director)
Christopher Oran (Design)
Neil Austin (Lighting)
Adam Cork (Sound)
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