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To be, or not to be, that is the question...

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2016•3h

Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality. Simon Godwin directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare's searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world. Hamlet played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until throughout summer 2016.

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Photo of Paapa Essiedu

Paapa Essiedu

Hamlet

Photo of Tanya Moodie

Tanya Moodie

Gertrude

Photo of Clarence Smith

Clarence Smith

Claudius

Photo of Cyril Nri

Cyril Nri

Polonius

Photo of Marcus Griffiths

Marcus Griffiths

Laertes

Photo of Natalie Simpson

Natalie Simpson

Ophelia

Photo of Hiran Abeysekera

Hiran Abeysekera

Horatio

Photo of Bethan Cullinane

Bethan Cullinane

Guildenstern

Photo of Doreene Blackstock

Doreene Blackstock

Player Queen

Photo of Eke Chukwu

Eke Chukwu

Voltemand

Photo of Kevin Golding

Kevin Golding

Barnardo / Player King

Photo of Theo Ogundipe

Theo Ogundipe

Marcellus / Fortinbras

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