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Hamlet
Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me. - Hamlet, Act III, Scene II
Hamlet The Prague Shakespeare Festival's production of Hamlet (presented in English) illuminates the mind of Shakespeare's greatest and most famous creation, offering new insights into the life of theatre's most canonical character. Using only Shakespeare's words, in a conflated text that incorporates the First Folio (with additional aspects from the First and Second Quarto), the audience experiences the world of the play through Hamlet's eyes - only seeing and hearing the scene and moments that the character Hamlet himself experiences in the play. Taking this singular journey with the Prince of Denmark, audiences will understand the actions, themes and motives of the play as never before. Whether seen as story of devastating human domestic passions or a suspenseful political mystery of intrigue, revenge and betrayal, the tragedy of Denmark's "sweet prince" continues to challenge and inspire. PSF Artistic Director Guy Roberts starring as Hamlet, states, "Perhaps what keeps Hamlet fresh and exciting is that these questions remain for each audience: why does not Hamlet immediately avenge his father's murder? Is it the weight of the conscience 'that doth make cowards of us all?' What keeps us from acting on our basest and most immediate impulses-is it social convention or personal morality-or simply the fear of punishment? What keeps us alive when all forces point towards giving up and submitting to death-that 'undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns?' Is Hamlet a hero? Perhaps-but the ambiguity of his heroic nature is what keeps him so fascinating. Though the play contains as much intrigue (and possibly bloodshed) as many action movies, perhaps no hero-or villain-in history has embodied such a complexity of thought and emotion. In the end, Hamlet is an exciting and essential theatrical experience where audiences must decide for themselves whether he is philosopher, dilettante, hero, villain, lover, madman, fighter, victim or some fluid, ambiguous and contradictory combination of all of these." Directed and adapted by Guy Roberts. Cast: For interviews, more information, and touring opportunities contact
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