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.
Theatre Royal Bath Theatre School presents Shakespeare’s universal study of loss, rebellion, revenge, and madness in a brand new, site sympathetic production. In such uncertain times, who can be trusted? What truth is to be believed?
The Egg