ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

 

‘Drown the stage with tears.’

 

Grief can play tricks on the mind, even conjure ghosts. But when Hamlet’s dead father appears to him one night, he signals murder, not madness.

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Hamlet’s mother has married his uncle, and at a less than decent interval too. As he pulls at the threads of his not-so-happy new family, Hamlet unravels a web of deceit and immorality that leads to the ultimate crisis of conscience.

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Following their hugely successful recent collaborations on Cold War and Patriots, multi award-winner Rupert Goold (Dear England, National Theatre; Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice RSC), directs Luke Thallon as Hamlet in this new production of Shakespeare’s family saga.

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Rosencrantz: Chase Brown

Gertrude: Nancy Carroll

Second Player: Miranda Colchester

Ensemble: Shailan Gohil

Claudius: Jared Harris

Ghost / First Player: Anton Lesser

Polonius: Elliot Levey

Voltemand: David Mara

Guildenstern: Tadeo Martinez

Horatio: Kel Matsena

Francisco: Evan McCabe

Ensemble: Sophie McIntosh

Ensemble: Ed Mitchell

Marcellus: Jack Myers

Laertes: Lewis Shepherd

Cornelius /Priest: James Sobol Kelly

Messenger /Ensemble: Jessica Temple

Hamlet: Luke Thallon

Ophelia: Nia Towle

Barnardo /Fortinbras: Joe Usher

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Director: Rupert Goold

Set Designer: Es Devlin

Costume Designer: Evie Gurney

Lighting Designer: Jack Knowles

Composer and Sound Designer: Adam Cork

Movement Director: Hannes Langolf

Video Designer: Akhila Krishnan

Fight Director: Kev McCurdy

Casting Director: Charlotte Sutton CDG

Music Director: Lindsey Miller

Voice & Text: Emma Woodvine

Associate Director: Sophie Drake

Associate Set Designer: Zoe Diakaki

Assistant Music Director: Madeleine Baron

Dramaturg: Rebecca Latham​