FEBRUARY 23 - MAY 23
Trippingly Hamlet
Adapted from Shakespeare’s Hamlet by Michael B. Perkins,
Robin Weatherall and Christopher Limber
“Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue...”
Hamlet, Act III, Scene ii
This artful adaptation of the Bard’s masterpiece pares the 4,024 lines of his longest, most quotable play into a gripping 50 minutes, recounting the story of Hamlet’s internal struggle to avenge his father’s death. Shakespeare’s tense and compelling tragedy explores the very nature of our existence, the complexities of reconciling justice with the violence of revenge, of family relationships and madness. Hamlet’s ultimate challenge is to act morally within a corrupt world, which renders him Shakespeare’s greatest achievement in holding a bright and multifaceted mirror up to human nature.
All the World's a Stage
Adapted from the works of Shakespeare by Christopher Limber
"All the world's a stage,
and all the men and women merely players..."
As You Like It, Act II Scene vii
Thrill to scenes from Shakespeare’s most beloved plays including As You LIke It, The Life of King Henry the Fifth, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Macbeth, and Twelfth Night, or, What You Will, introduced by William Shakespeare and his company of talented and versatile Spirits of the Theatre. Fascinating theatrical anecdotes and Shakespearean lore weave together this entertaining, educational portrait of the Bard’s stunning career as a playwright, actor and entrepreneur who would transform the theatre forever.
Trippingly Hamlet and All the World's a Stage graphics
© 2009 Michael B. Perkins