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Hamlet. A Version
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Great acting, Great staging, Absorbing, Clever, Ambitious
About the show
Red Lab Productions and Roust Theatre Company's take on Shakespeare's tragedy shifts the focus from the title character to the intrigue, opportunism, and political scheming of a burgeoning police state. More…
This starkly realized new world order—insidiously ushered in by murderous and destabilizing tactics—provides a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘something is rotten in the state of Denmark.’ From a curiously flat-footed Hamlet and a self-aggrandizing ‘Polonius the First,' to the questionable death of the old king and a torrid affair between Gertrude and Claudius, Boris Akunin’s 'Hamlet: a Version' provides a radically prescient perspective on a contemporary political issue: How to eradicate the old to make way for the new.
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MEMBERS SAY:
Great acting, Great staging, Absorbing, Clever, Ambitious
"At 100 minutes, there is little plumbing of Hamlet’s psyche in this exceedingly handsome, surface-skimming production...The play flits quickly from one scene to the next like a 'Hamlet' highlights reel. For Mr. Akunin’s witty variation to work, the performances need to have some depth, yet Horat...
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"Striking presentational elements, terrific direction, fine performances and an interesting concept all make 'Hamlet. A Version' moderately entertaining...The English translation is problematic...It’s rather stilted. Without much verbal grandeur there’s a prevalent flatness...Director Irina Gache...
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"Unfortunately, the design takes one step beyond the text, making a big reveal in the end rather disappointing. Throughout the show, a cast of nine fine actors seem unsure of what they are doing...As a theatrical event, 'Hamlet. A Version,' is an undercooked dish. But the ambitious and fresh inte...
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"Akunin has committed the cardinal sin in the world of Shakespeare: he has not only significantly altered the story line of arguably the greatest play ever written, but he has added his own words!...This is the most shocking and ill-conceived production that makes use of the hallowed name of Haml...
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