Hamlet (St Ann's Warehouse)
Hamlet (St Ann's Warehouse)
Closed 3h 15m NYC: Brooklyn
85% 59 reviews
85%
(59 Ratings)
Positive
93%
Mixed
5%
Negative
2%
Members say
Great acting, Absorbing, Great staging, Masterful, Riveting

About the Show

Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga makes her American theatrical debut as Shakespeare's beloved tragic hero.

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Critic Reviews (12)

The New York Times
February 10th, 2020

CRITIC’S PICK. "Ruth Negga Rules as a Player Prince Yaël Farber’s stunning, Dublin-born interpretation of this eternal classic finds the dizzying layers of performance that rule all our lives."
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Time Out New York
February 10th, 2020

4/5 Stars. "Even if you know what lies around each corner of the plot, Farber’s imaginative stagecraft is riveting...Communing with a centuries-old text but vigorously alive in the here and now, this is the rare Shakespeare production that’s more séance than revival."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
February 10th, 2020

"Ruth Negga’s Hamlet Is a Sweet Prince—But It’s Not a Good Night"
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The Hollywood Reporter
February 10th, 2020

"Ruth Negga makes her American stage debut as the grieving Danish prince in director Yaël Farber's moody take on Shakespeare's timeless tragedy about one man pushing back against corrupt power."
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The Observer
February 10th, 2020

"Negga’s sly, shy, but ardent prince feels everything too deeply and responds too sharply; he changes identity and beliefs with a speed that seems callow, but is true to the hormonal churn of being young, gifted, and heroic."
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Entertainment Weekly
February 10th, 2020

Grade: B. "Ruth Negga crowns herself a brooding prince in Hamlet."
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AM New York
February 10th, 2020

"Provocative production of ‘Hamlet’ gives noir feel to the classic text."
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Theatermania
February 10th, 2020

"A Gender-Nonconforming Hamlet in Brooklyn: Ruth Negga stars as the famously indecisive Danish prince at St. Ann's Warehouse."
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