The challenges facing actors taking on Shakespeare's "Hamlet" are the stuff of legend. Less discussed, perhaps, is the test the 400-year old tragedy, Shakespeare's greatest work, poses for directors.

Ato Blankson-Wood performs Hamlet’s famous “To be, or not to be” soliloquy during the Public Theater’s production. Solea Pfeiffer performs as Ophelia in The Public Theater's "Hamlet" Solea Pfeiffer ...

SALISBURY — William Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers in the English language. His plays have become enduring classics that are still taught in high schools and performed in theaters all over ...

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This season, three Tallahassee companies are taking on Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" from strikingly different angles.

There’s no denying how pervasive the tale of Hamlet remains in popular culture, on every level. This year alone, there has been rising anticipation for Chloe Zhao’s adaptation of Hamnet – a story ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Home Made Theater is back. Not only is it back, it’s back in a big way. It is offering a major production of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, “Hamlet.” Adding to the ...

Thank you for signing up! Daniel Pearce and Ato Blankson-Wood in ‘Hamlet’ at The Delacorte Theater. Joan Marcus There’s another comparison, this one odd. A large portrait center stage shows the late ...

“To be or not to be, that is the question.” Or so we’ve been told for more than 400 years. Not to be presumptuous, but perhaps for the next few weeks, the question should be “To BTE or not to BTE.” ...

Lime Kiln Theater’s Summer 2024 schedule continues on Saturday, July 27, with Traveling Players Ensemble’s presentation of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” “Hamlet” centers on a reluctant hero making ...

For the most recent precedent for Grand Theft Hamlet, you’d probably have to go back nearly 20 years, to a 2006 episode of South Park. Titled “Make Love, Not Warcraft,” it found Cartman marshaling his ...

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a new version of “Hamlet” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday, because this particular Shakespeare tragedy seems to be in the air these days. Most ...