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RSC Live: Hamlet
2016
Directed by
Simon Godwin
180 min
TO BE, OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION...
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 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. Hamlet played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until throughout summer 2016.
Ratings
3.5
Details
Release Date
2016-06-10
Runtime
180 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
Royal Shakespeare Company
Countries
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama