Overview

A murdered King. A usurped Prince. A promise of revenge.

Returning to court to find his father murdered and his mother married to the murderer, Hamlet faces a terrible dilemma. This is Shakespeare's great tragedy of passion, corruption and revenge. Rob Icke's acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's most famous play originally ran in at London's Almeida Theatre before transferring to the West End.

This revised and updated edition was published to coincide with the run at New York's Park Armory in summer 2022.

Authors

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. His father was a glove-maker and served as alderman in Stratford. After completing school, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children, Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet. By 1594, he had joined the ...
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