Staged in 1971, 1975, 1976-7 Author: Shakespeare (adapted by Mohamed Sobhi (Muhammad Ṣubḥī) from three…
Margaret LitvinJuly 1, 2011
How shall I describe that day? The sky full of fog. The people silent. Eyes…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Sobhi’s entrance, the council scene, ending in a dance to 1812 Overture Shakespeare’s Hamlet 1.2
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Hamlet 1.5 25:49 Ghost appears 27:00 “I’ll follow.” 27:59 Hamlet finishes following the ghost: “Speak,…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
The scene shows ʻAmr Afifi playing Polonius for comic relief, not as the sinister spymaster…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Nevine Ramez plays Ophelia. Hamlet 3.1 Much of the intervening material between 2.2 and 3.1…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Hamlet 3.4 Ends with “I must be cruel only to be kind/thus bad begins and…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
Speech was relocated to Act 5. Loosely based on Hamlet 3.1; script has been changed…
Brett BarrosAugust 26, 2013
