Hamlet” (the original) was written, of course, in 1600s vintage English blank verse; much of “Fat Ham” is in Black English ...

Pictured above is Hamlet talking with Claudius and Gertrude during the opening scene. There's a stark contrast in the white costumes of the king and queen compared to Hamlet dressed in sombre black.

Hamlet (Sir Kenneth Branagh), son of the King of Denmark (Brian Blessed), is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother Gertrude's (Julie Christie's) wedding to his uncle Claudius (Sir ...

In the Opening Scene Claudius and Gertrude came to the front of the stage in a royal procession with Hamlet stood just behind them. You can see that the set-design looked like a black drum ...

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him well” is a famous quote from William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” But do we really know this revered play? Three very different ...

Folger Theatre and the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company have announced the world-premiere production of A Room in the Castle, a ...

Hamlet,” Act 3, Scene 1 (and Rev’s nephew ... Horne), who admirably “works her body” all night long, is “a kind of Gertrude,” but without Gertrude’s royal Danish bank account.