Based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, Muller's Hamletmachine & Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead.
Duration 1hr. 15mins
Directed by Amitesh Grover
Designed by Randhir Kumar
Script Rearrangement & New Writing by Keshav Kumar
Cast
Laxmi Rawat - Gertrude, Rosencrantz & Clown 1
Nitin Kishor Bhajjan - Ghost, Claudius, Polonius & Laertes
Savita Rani - Ophelia, Guildernstern, & Clown 2
Vipin Bhardwaj - Hamlet
Premiere: Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards Festival, 16 Sep.2009
Subsequent shows - GATS International Festival, Beijing, China, 23 Sep.2009, Prithvi Theatre Festival, Mumbai, 9,10 Nov. 2009
Culture is made constantly and Shakespeare’s text is reconstructed, reappraised and reassigned all the time. Four performers juggle with all characters in this show. The time is now, the world is one of violent and competing Nations where everyday experience is highly mediated. The play investigates two points of conflicts - First, the tension between ‘right’ thought and ‘correct’ action and its consequences. Second, the conflict between two generations of people and the choices they make regarding nationhood, duty, family and love. The show is arranged episodically and young performers from different regions of India have been drawn into this production to grapple with concurrent renderings of Shakespeare. Finally, the appreciation of Hamlet belongs to the development of the critical faculty, an informed reflection and hesitation in a time of aggressive internationalism.
