Hamlet : First Quarto @The Courtyard Theatre

Hamlet First Quarto



“A timeless story updated for the 21st century in which the need

for human interaction is replaced by the lure of technology”



“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human

interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.”

Albert Einstein



Directed by Rupert Holloway

Courtyard Productions


Location: The Courtyard Theatre, Mainhouse

Running time: 90 minutes

Press Night: Thursday 1st May

Preview: Wednesday 30th April (£8)

Description:

Courtyard Productions returns to the earliest draft of the text in a setting where the Earth's future is a bleak return to a medieval feudal system of tech heavy castle keeps overseeing a harshly weathered world. Prince Hamlet and the companions that inhabit his world are 'heroes' operating drones that protect Denmark's borders from increasing international hostility.

Hamlet: First Quarto directed by Rupert Holloway, seeks to mirror the current growing individualist mentality of a tech heavy generation, in which the diminishing need for human interaction is fostering an epoch of emotional confusion.

With a run-time of 90 minutes, the rarely staged “Hamlet: First Quarto” is a fantastic production for those undergrads or students looking to see a version that returns to the basics of Hamlet, but with a very modern twist! For your die hard Shakespeare fan, what better way to see in Shakespeare's 450th birthday than with the first draft of his most famous play; first penned while Shakespeare was operating out of the Curtain, Shoreditch, to which the Courtyard is the closest remaining Theatre.

Sales points:

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The Courtyard Box Office or by phone