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Hamlet

Play Information

Original Title	Hamlet
English Title	Hamlet
Director	Thomas Ostermeier
Country
Year	2008
Lenght	165 min

Cast

Urs Jucker, Lars Eidinger, Judith Rosmair, Robert Beyer, Sebastian Schwarz, Franz Hartwig

Datasheet

AUTOR DE LA OBRA: William Shakespeare
DRAMATURGISTA: Marius von Mayenburg
TRADUCCIÓN: Rafael Spregelburd.
COMPAÑÍA: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
DIRECTOR DE LA OBRA: Thomas Ostermeier
MÚSICA: Nils Ostendorf
DISEÑO DE ILUMINACIÓN: Erich Schneider
DISEÑO DE ESCENOGRAFÍA: Jan Pappelbaum
DISEÑO DE VESTUARIO: Nina Wetzel
VIDEO: Sebastien Dupouey
ESCENAS DE COMBATE: René Lay
PRODUCCIÓN: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
DURACIÓN: 165 minutos (no hay intervalo)
COPRODUCCIÓN: Hellenic Festival Athens y Festival d’Avignon

Description

In this version of Hamlet created by Ostermeier, who already directed Othello, Measure by Measure, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, six remarcable actors perform all the characters. The production presents a delusional Hamlet. In order to oust those whom he deems responsible for his father’s murder, Hamlet simulates madness, later finding himself completely taken by his delirium. Through an impressive mise-en-scène, with live video feed, Ostermeier provides a version of this classic that is full of action and intensity. As it is characteristic in his theater, psychological situations are translated into physical action. Following this premise, Hamlet’s progressive loss of the sense of reality is accentuated through the display of live images that depict the behaviors of Claudius and Gertrude as defiant and obscene. The characters are portrayed as movie stars, and simulation and disguise are the main elements of the staging. Ostermeier portrays Hamlet as “an incapacitated protagonist” to address the dilemma that lies between complex thought and the urgent need for political action.

Photo: Arno de Clair

Fundación Teatro a Mil (FITAM) choose this production to be part of FIBA in Chile programme.