Bernhardt/Hamlet

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Bernhardt/Hamlet

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  3w, 8m

Theresa Rebeck

Mark Twain wrote: “There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses. And then there is Sarah Bernhardt.” In 1899, the international stage celebrity set out to tackle her most ambitious role yet: Hamlet. Theresa Rebeck’s new play rollicks with high comedy and human drama, set against the lavish Shakespearean production that could make or break Bernhardt’s career.

Image: 2018 Roundabout Theatre Company Production (Joan Marcus)

Bernhardt/Hamlet

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 8m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary

Mark Twain wrote: “There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses. And then there is Sarah Bernhardt.” In 1899, the international stage celebrity set out to tackle her most ambitious role yet: Hamlet. Theresa Rebeck’s new play rollicks with high comedy and human drama, set against the lavish Shakespearean production that could make or break Bernhardt’s career.

History

Bernhardt/Hamlet premiered on Broadway with Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre on 25 September 2018. Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel, the production starred Janet McTeer as Sarah Bernhardt.

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Performing Groups

SARAH BERNHARDT
CONSTANT COQUELIN
EDMOND ROSTAND
ALPHONSE MUCHA
MAURICE
LOUIS
ROSAMOND
LYSETTE
RAOUL
FRANÇOIS
WORKER

  • Time Period 1900-1910
  • Setting

    Paris, 1897.

  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

“So clever it uplifts, so timely it hurts.” – The New York Times

“Deftly uses contemporary psychology to mine authentic emotion in the text.” – The Hollywood Reporter

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    Janet McTeer in Bernhardt/Hamlet

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  • Bernhardt/Hamlet

    Image: 2018 Roundabout Theatre Company Production (Joan Marcus)

  • Bernhardt/Hamlet

    Image: 2018 Roundabout Theatre Company Production (Joan Marcus)

  • Bernhardt/Hamlet

    Image: 2018 Roundabout Theatre Company Production (Joan Marcus)

  • Bernhardt/Hamlet

    Image: © Justin “Squigs” Robertson

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  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Theresa Rebeck

Theresa Rebeck

Theresa Rebeck is a widely produced playwright throughout the United States and abroad. New York productions of her work include Dead Accounts at the Music Box Theatre; Seminar at the Golden Theatre; Mauritius at the Biltmore Theatre in a Manhattan Theater Club Production; Th ...

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