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'Hamlet is a body without organs. A privileged ingrate, a serial procrastinator, and above all: a desiring machine.
'His dad's dead, his mother wants a grandchild and his therapist is the father of psychoanalysis. And as the monarchy teeters on the edge of destruction, a new leader has taken the stage with visions of a prosperous Denmark committed to freedom, the individual and the market. Stuck in a cycle of self-obsession and serial procrastination, will the weight of History itself be enough to make Hamlet wake up, grow and stand up?
'There's never been a better time to be a Dane.' (Production summary)
Production Details
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Presented by: Theatre Works and New Working Group. Performed at Theatre Works, St Kilda, 3-13 November 2016.
Director: Mark Wilson.
Associate Artist: Olivia Monticciolo.
Producer: Mark Pritchard.
Cast: Marco Chiappi, Natascha Flowers, Natasha Herbert, Brian Lipson, Marcus McKenzie, Charles Purcell, and Mark Wilson.
Set and Costume Designer: Romanie Harper.
Lighting Designer: Amelia Lever-Davidson.
Sound Designer: Tom Backhaus.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Laying It on Too Thick Detracts
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 November 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of Anti-Hamlet 2016 single work drama -
Alas, Poor Hamlet, You Bark More Than You Bite
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 7 November 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of Anti-Hamlet 2016 single work drama
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Alas, Poor Hamlet, You Bark More Than You Bite
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 7 November 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of Anti-Hamlet 2016 single work drama -
Laying It on Too Thick Detracts
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 November 2016; (p. 22)
— Review of Anti-Hamlet 2016 single work drama
Awards
- 2017 shortlisted Victorian Green Room Awards — Production : Theatre - Independent
- 2017 shortlisted Victorian Green Room Awards — Direction : Theatre - Independent
- 2017 shortlisted Victorian Green Room Awards — Writing : Theatre - Independent