A GUEST PERFORMANCE AT SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Raised arms against a sea of troubles
On 5 september 1607, William Keeling, Captain of the ship The Red Dragon wrote in his journal: “We had the tragedy of Hamlet, and in the afternoon, we all went together ashore to see if we could shoot an elephant.” Few plays reflect the mystery of our soul as profoundly as Hamlet and it therefore seems apt, that one of the earliest recorded performances of Hamlet occurred at sea, as the myth prescribes. The dangerous environment of a 17th century sailing ship perfectly evokes the claustrophobic confines of Elsinore, which Hamlet so famously describes as “a prison.” An eventful and spell-binding tour-de-force with the sea as an active co-actor and opponent.
CAST: Marcel Meyer, Michael Richard, Lungile Lallie,
Tailyn Ramsamy, Jeremy Richard, Matthew Baldwin
Author: William Shakespeare
Director: Frederick William Abrahamse
Set Design: Frederick William Abrahamse
Light Design: Faheem Bardien
Costume Design: Marcel Meyer
Stage Manager: Jerome Roger Chapman
Music: Carl-Johan Lingenfelder
Translator: Niels Brunse
Surtitles: Allan Hilton Andersen
Producer: Abrahamse & Meyer Productions
PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
RUNNING TIME:
3 – 7 August 2022
Plays all days at 8pm. Doors open at 6pm.
SCENE:
Performance plays on scene
‘Voldgraven’ (Moat)
DURATION:
2 hours and 40 minutes including interval
LANGUAGE:
English with Danish surtitles
AGE:
12+
NOTE:
Outdoor performance at Shakespeare Festival
TICKET PRICES:
DKK260,00 – 360,00, ticket fee included