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The Royal Shakespeare Company Production of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare playing in repertory at The Barbican Theatre until 2 April
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The Royal Shakespeare Company Production of "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare playing in repertory at The Barbican Theatre until 2 April Contemporary Setting/costumes: Distanced audience from action? Engaged the audience? Made the play assessable? Conflict between language and the setting? * Wasn't a typical production of hamlet, seemed throughout to challenge typical Shakespearean conventions. * Minimal set, not elaborate, allowing a large open space to be created. Door at back of stage, high walls, enormous space that could be used to represent different locations. * Apparent that they wanted the audience to concentrate on the actors and the language, opposed to the costume and set. And they wanted the visual effect to be created through lighting * The actor had to really own the space as the stage was very bare, vast space highlighted the isolation of the individual, such as hamlet, but through the use of lighting it was also made to feel very...
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