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Hamlet (2019)
Project type
Theatre Portfolio
Date
November 2019
Location
Kuwait
Hamlet (2019)
By William Shakespeare
As part of the 25th Cultural Season of Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah and The National Council for Culture Arts & Letters, took Kuwait by storm. It included schools & university session for examination purposes and Media interviews.
''To be, or not to be, that is the question.''
Set in a mental hospital it showed a young man's deterioration of mental health covering many of today's issues. The tragedy of a young man descending into 'madness' due to family and social issues around him, has been set in a mental hospital where the patient is surrounded by silent observers; doctors and audience members. In the state of 'isolation', he moves in and out of memory and reflection. Based on William Shakespeare famous tragedy and adapted to our modern audiences.
Produced by Alison Shan Price MBE
Directed by Hamad Al Jenaie
Performed at Yarmouk Cultural Center, Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah in Kuwait, November (2019)
Starring
Yousef Al Nasser as Hamlet
Nader Abdullah as Horatio / Rosencrantz
Brian McLaghlin as Claudius / Ghost
Maria Louisa Durnin as Gertrude
Peter Mullay as Polonius / Bernardo
Le Mogene D. Tucker as Ophelia
Joshua Watters as Laertes / Marcellus
Ramo Tremolak as Guildenstern / Gravedigger / Messenger
