Hamlet

Synopsis

In The Wooster Group’s HAMLET, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is re-imagined by mixing and repurposing Richard Burton’s 1964 Broadway production, directed by John Gielgud. The Burton production was recorded in live performance from 17 camera angles and edited into a film that was shown as a special event for only two days in nearly 1,000 movie houses across the U.S. The idea of bringing a live theater experience to thousands of simultaneous viewers in different cities was trumpeted as a new form called “Theatrofilm,” made possible through “the miracle of Electronovision.” The Wooster Group attempts to reverse the process, reconstructing a hypothetical theater piece from the fragmentary evidence of the edited film. We channel the ghost of the legendary 1964 performance, descending into a kind of madness, intentionally replacing our own spirit with the spirit of another.

Main Cast

Scott Shepherd

Hamlet

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Ari Fliakos

Claudius/Osric/Marcellus/Ghost/Gravedigger

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Kate Valk

Gertrude/Ophelia

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Koosil-ja

Nurse

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Alessandro Magania

Bernardo/Voltemand

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Greg Mehrten

Polonius

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Daniel Pettrow

Horatio/Rosencrantz/Guildenstern/Player Queen

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Casey Spooner

Laertes/Rosencrantz/Guildenstern/Player King

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Elizabeth LeCompte
Sound	Music	Fischerspooner
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