Hamlet

Synopsis

The twenty-second in a weekly live stream project by Rob Myles to present all of Shakespeare’s plays in the order in which it is thought they were originally written. Using the Zoom video conferencing platform, it brings together many actors currently unable to travel and perform due to the Coronavirus crisis. The performance is introduced by Dr. David Sterling Brown (Binghamton University), a Shakespeare and premodern critical race studies scholar.

Cast:
HAMLET - Kristin Atherton
CLAUDIUS - Emily Carding
POLONIUS - Michael Bertenshaw
HORATIO - Emilio Vieira
LAERTES - Gabriel Akamo
GERTRUDE - Seeta Indrani
OPHELIA - Tanvi Virmani
GHOST OF HAMLET’S FATHER - Miguel Perez
ROSENCRANTZ - Robbie Capaldi
MARCELLUS - Gabrielle Sheppard
GRAVEDIGGER - Stephen Leask
GUILDENSTERN - Maryam Grace
FORTINBRAS - Doireann May White
ENSEMBLE - Julia Giolzetti
ENSEMBLE - Will Block
ENSEMBLE - Ian Blackwell Rogers
ENSEMBLE - Pedro Santos
ENSEMBLE - Dominic Brewer
SWING - Mark Laverty
SWING - Victoria Rae Sook

Series

Show Must Go Online, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; Video

Transmission details

12 Aug 2020

Duration

251 mins

Credits

Director

Robert Myles

Producer

Sarah Peachey

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Notes

General

A project by actor and writer Robert Myles to present ‘weekly readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast, in the order they were believed to have been written.' For more details, visit the peroject homepage at: https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/

Online Availability

Online URL

https://youtu.be/QIDkPcYdSG0

Online format

Streamed

Sponsor

Name

Robert Myles

Web

https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/ External site opens in new window

Distributor

Name

YouTube

Web

http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window