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Kurt Sutter’s ’Sons of Anarchy,’ is loosely based on Shakespeare’s ’Hamlet.’ How well do the two align?
As Laertes, Ritchie emphasizes that his character and Hamlet had a “relationship almost akin to best friends, two brothers” before the events of the play.
Actors who played the role of Laertes: J. G Hanley,Vincent Sternroyd,Sydney Mather,Guy Bates Post,Leon Quartermaine,Frank Gilmore,Harry Leighton,Herschel Mayall ...
Eddie Izzard is set to play Hamlet in New York. Also Ophelia. And Claudius. And Gertrude and Laertes and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and… The British comedian-actor-writer-activist will play 23 ...
As the Senate impeachment trial gets underway, Shakespeare's tragedy illuminates the politics of rebellion and the quest to maintain a grip on power.
3rd Act Theatre Company closes out Season 3: UNKNOWN with the re-imagined, gender-bent, immersive HAMLET. Now through May 28th, Dakota Lee Bryant directs this superb cast in Hamlet's tale of ...
Hamlet is not the only character Howarth has recast with actresses: Hamlet’s good friend then foe Laertes and the Norwegian royal Fortinbras are played by Ava Kostia and Elise Collins, respectively.
This brisk and compact “Hamlet” from London, performed by a mere eight actors, casts off solemnity and muscularly embraces the essential task of telling the story. You’ll find little attempt ...
ACT’s production of “Hamlet” offers in John Douglas Thompson one of the most earnest portraits of the title character you will likely see. Protesting to Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude ...
Laertes prepares to leave for France, he bids his sister Ophelia farewell. He counsels her against a relationship with Prince Hamlet, as his station is far above hers.