Hamlet

Synopsis: Video of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2016 staging of Hamlet directed by Simon Godwin with a predominately all-black cast and Paapa Essiedu in the title role.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2016
Year of production: 2016
Notes: "Theatrical history was made last night in Stratford. For the first time since it came into being in 1961, the RSC has given the role of Hamlet to a black actor". Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph, 22 March 2016.
Subjects: Drama; Shakespeare
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Black actors
Related items: Pappa Essiedu on His Ghanaian-Influenced Hamlet at the RSC

Director

Simon Godwin

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Sola Akingbola

Production Design

Paul Wills

Cast

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

Name: Royal Shakespeare Company, Mail Order
Web: https://www.rsc.org.uk/buyonline/shopping/index.asp?category=65&sessionid=958647199122126557164598758&deptnum=2 External site opens in new window
Phone: 01789 748114
Fax: 01789 748115
Address: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 6B

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