Hamlet, Prism Theatre Society

/ Shri Ram Centre/

Hamlet returns to his hometown to find his father dead in a mysterious accident, and his uncle both married to his mother and the unopposed chief of everything his father once held. Before long he sees a vengeful spirit urging him to take revenge. Witness Hamlet's journey into madness, moral dilemma and chaos as he tries reclaiming what's rightfully his.

This adaptation contemporizes the plot, characters and language of Hamlet. It uses a modern Hindi prose diction interspersed with verse translations of the soliloquies and some English phrases. The effect is like Bollywood.

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Hamlet, National School of Drama

/ National School of Drama/

Director's Note: “I began my work on Hamlet with seven second year students of NSD in the last week of November. We had taken the play-within-the play in Hamlet for a series of improvisations. We tried to understand the play through this most brilliantly constructed scene by Shakespeare. It opened up many possibilities of making a performance of Hamlet with this scene at the centre. In spite of the problem of time and logistic constraints, the students gave their best. Often the actors doubled up as set, property and costume makers as well, as we did not have the students of design and direction with us. What you witness is a series of improvisations in which the students contributed much more than I did as the director of the play. The emphasis[...]was on the process per se and not the end product.”

The production is a polished, intense exploration in a small studio space of Hamlet's twin dilemmas of the duty of vengeance and the mother's remarriage. 

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Hamlet, Inner Circle Theatre   

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To quote the play, ‘something is rotten in the state of Denmark’ and yet, ‘there is no thing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’ Accordingly, this production is far from ‘traditional.’ Zeroing in on divergences of perception and reality, of thoughts and actions, director Matt Hill and Inner Circle Theatre stage a multimedia adaptation of the 400-year-old classic.

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Hamick (함익), Seoul Metropolitan Theater    

/ Sejong Center for the Performing Arts/

Hamik is a female Hamlet. She is the only daughter of Maha business group and a professor who majored in Shakespearean tragedy in the UK. She suspects that her mother, who took her own life 20 years ago, was in fact killed by her father and step mother. When she directs Hamlet in her school, her real world is mixed up with that of the play.

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The Original Full Text, HAMLET (완전 무삭제 공연, 햄릿), ESTC

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This is a Korean premiere of the complete Hamlet text, uncut, with a running time of 6 hours (from 4pm to 10 pm) including the intermission for an evening meal, staged by Eurasia Shakespeare Theatre Company (ESTC). ESTC, solely devoted to performing Shakespeare’s plays since 2002, aims to stage all 39 works in Korea. This Hamlet is the 17th play produced by ESTC as a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. ESTC’s previous productions include 14 Korean premieres of Shakespeare’s plays.      

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Hamlet, Black Theatre Live

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Hamlet, Black Theatre Live

Billed as Britain's first all-black Hamlet, Black Theatre Live's production was set in Denmark, a Black Empire of modern England, where an intelligent young student discovers the world he once knew has crumbled. Dramaturg Mark Norfolk used Peter Brook's stripped back Hamlet as his textual blueprint to get to the heart of the play, expanding it with new text to better explore both Hamlet and the play's female characters.

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Hamlet, Cambridge University Shakespeare Players

/ the Space/

“Hamlet… and Ophelia. Cambridge University presents Shakespeare's most popular tragedy in 80 minutes. No diversion, no distraction. Witness the events unfurl before your eyes. Stripped to its roots, experience the truth of Shakespeare's play” --description from Fringe Programme

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Remember Me: Horatio's Hamlet, Somesuch Theatre

/ Greenside @ Nicolson Square/

“A cast of two attempt to answer one of theatre's greatest questions: Who was Hamlet? A grieving Horatio tries to unlock the mystery of his friend's devastating death by hiring an actor to tell his story.” --description from the Fringe Programme

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A Fool's Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes

/ Venue 13/
A Fool's Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes

“Four actors race to perform Shakespeare's greatest hits. You, the audience, play Shakespearean BINGO to choose what scene comes next and keep the actors on their toes. Call out favorites such as Romeo & Juliet's balcony bliss, Lady Macbeth's blood cleansing sleepwalk or one of our more “liberally interpreted” alternatives. 30 scenes will be performed in 60 minutes...or someone gets a pie in the face!” (description from company website)

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Hamlet, Quantum Theater Group

/ Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre/
Hamlet, Quantum Theater Group

The Quantum Theatre Group’s Hamlet was first performed in 2014 at the 32nd International Fadjr Theatre Festival in Tehran where it won the Best Director award for Arash Dadgar and the overall Grand Prize for best production. In 2016, the group staged the production at the Gdansk Shakespeare Festival.

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Shakespeare Syndrome, Mermaids

/ Greenside @ Infirmary Street /

“We all agree Shakespeare's characters need professional help. They won't find it here. Shakespeare Syndrome, a one-act comedy, shows what happens when several characters go to the same psychiatrist's office. Though this be madness, there's no method in't.” –description from the Fringe Programme

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Hamlet Get Out of My Head, هاملت اخرج من رأسي

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Hamlet Get Out of My Head, هاملت اخرج من رأسي

The play is a monodrama depicting the conflict experienced by a minor character when the producer of the play plays the roles of the playwright, the director and the producer. The single character reflects on both his love of Hamlet and his aspiration to play Hamlet. Due to his personal, social and cultural circumstances, the dream of playing Hamlet diminishes. He visualizes an encounter with Hamlet, the character.

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Hamlet in Bed

/ Pleasance Courtyard/

Hamlet in Bed
Presented in English
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, Scotland, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
August 3-29, 2016     

“Noir thriller about sex, death, theatre and the world's most famous play. Direct from its hit off-Broadway season starring Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress Annette O'Toole.
"Provocative, intense, sexy!" (Hollywood Reporter).
"Electrifying" 5 stars (Time Out, NY Critics' Pick)” --description from Fringe Programme.

Richard Jordan Productions and Brian Long with Pleasance
Writer: Michael Laurence
Director: Lisa Peterson
Set Design: Rachel Hauck
Costumes: Jessica Pabst
Lighting: Scott Zielinski
Sound: Bart Fasbender

Cast:
Spencer Aste (Hamlet and Michael)
Annette O'Toole (Gertrude and Anna May Miller)
The roles of Hamlet /Michael are also played by Michael Laurence at selected performances.

This performance was previously put on in New York City in 2015.

Selected Reviews:
"Three Weeks review (5 stars): "A phenomenal take on Shakespeare’s play." http://www.threeweeksedinburgh.com/article/hamlet-in-bed-richard-jordan-productions-and-brian-long-productions/

Edinburgh Festivals Magazine review (5 Stars): "Hamlet in Bed shows insight into the lives of two lost people looking for acceptance with beautiful style."
http://www.edfestmag.com/hamlet-in-bed-2/

British Theatre Guide review (4 stars): "a beautifully acted play that will appeal to anyone in love with the Bard or New York theatricality."
http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/hamlet-in-bed-pleasance-court-13117

Edinburgh Guide review (4 stars): "a clever, innovative homage to the timeless, iconic role of Hamlet." http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2016/edinburghfringe/hamletinbedpleasancecourtyardreview-17231

WhatsOnStage review (3 stars): a "problematic study on aspects of Hamlet" http://www.whatsonstage.com/edinburgh-theatre/reviews/hamlet-in-bed-pleasance-courtyard-festival-fringe_41495.html

BroadwayBaby review (3 stars): "If you have an obsession with Hamlet that comes close to Michael’s, this is definitely a production for you. Otherwise... you might just regard the whole play as a ‘Freudian slip’."
http://broadwaybaby.com/shows/hamlet-in-bed/714939

Fest review (2 stars): "tells us more about the narcissism of Off-Broadway actors than about Shakespeare's characters"
https://www.festmag.co.uk/theatre/103623-hamlet-in-bed     

Shakin' Shakespeare, Captivate Theatre

/ Gilded Baloon at the Museum /

"Brave Macbeth, Cheer Up Hamlet, Romantic Romeo: three hugely entertaining, fast and smart adaptations. A hilarious formula to introduce Shakespeare's plots to young 'uns"--HuffingtonPost.co.uk; description from Fringe Festival programme

A new series of musicals inspired by Shakespeare's plays marking 400 years since the playwright's death.

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Hamletmachine, Tmuna Theatre

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"When I approached Muller’s HamletMachine, I re-discovered Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Both were unrelenting. Shakespeare’s Hamlet finds himself on a journey to cleanse his house. The house his mother and uncle contaminated with murder, lies and manipulation in order to preserve the crown. Muller pummels the Shakespearean Hamlet for his naiveté, which hinders him from taking a clear stand or from taking action."

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Shakespeare in Rochester

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“Shakespeare’s death may have transpired long before our collective time (let’s make that 400 years, if we’re being precise,) but there truly is no denying the lasting influence of his works. Shakespearean works in all forms have long since become a ubiquitous part of our culture, and is in respect for this that the greater Rochester area community does its best to honor and appreciate all of the valuable art he left behind.”

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