And Goold delivers. Thallon is a titanic Hamlet, bringing a modern interiority to the plate and turning the character into a sullen poet who’s cultured, arrogant, and petulant enough to be ...

Dr Nick Walton from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust talks about the history of Hamlet in performance on the RSC stage. Scroll down for an extended transcript. In 1965 Peter Hall cast 24 year old ...

By Houman Barekat Reviewing from Stratford-upon-Avon, England In the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new “Hamlet,” the Danish royal court is all at sea — quite literally. The set is a ship’s ...