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Information and activities for teaching Hamlet, based on insights from Greg Doran's production. (You need PDF reader software.)

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  • Does this production say something to the modern South Africa?
  • Is it important that Hamlet is a student?
  • Many of the tensions in Hamlet are between the men. Do you think the women are on the margins?
  • Do you think Gertrude was having an affair with Claudius before Old Hamlet died? Did you do any improvisation of backstory?
  • What work did you do on the text? How did you decide what to leave in or take out?
  • Why have you decided to stage the production in modern dress on a minimalist set?
  • How did you deal with the verse-speaking, especially for the younger actors in your company?
  • You have a company of 12 actors - how does the doubling of parts affect the audience?
  • In directing this play, what have you discovered about it?
  • Why did you include some images of South Africa in the programme?
  • Do you think Hamlet is actually mad? Or pretending?
  • How have you interpreted Gertrude's speech about Ophelia's death?
  • Where is the Baxter Theatre and how does it fit into to the South African theatre culture?

Does this production say something to the modern South Africa?

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Date
2006-05-02
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© RSC 2006

Is it important that Hamlet is a student?

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Date
2006-05-02
Copyright
© RSC 2006

What work did you do on the text? How did you decide what to leave in or take out?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-05-02
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Why have you decided to stage the production in modern dress on a minimalist set?

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Date
2006-05-02
Copyright
© RSC 2006

You have a company of 12 actors - how does the doubling of parts affect the audience?

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Date
2006-05-02
Copyright
© RSC 2006

In directing this play, what have you discovered about it?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-05-02
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Why did you include some images of South Africa in the programme?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-05-02
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Do you think Hamlet is actually mad? Or pretending?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-05-02
Copyright
© RSC 2006

How have you interpreted Gertrude's speech about Ophelia's death?

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Date
2006-05-02
Copyright
© RSC 2006

Where is the Baxter Theatre and how does it fit into to the South African theatre culture?

Act and Scene
Credit
Date
2006-05-02
Copyright
© RSC 2006

These clips are taken from a recording of the Creative Team Talk public event on 2 May 2006 in the Swan Theatre. Interview by Jonathan Bate.

Download: transcript [PDF]

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