Get Thee to HAMLET at Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre

Limited tickets remain for the one-night only public performance of our Hamlet school tour at The Free Library of Philadelphia, on Wednesday, May 10! Directed by Carmen Khan and presented by our professional actors, you will be captivated by this 90-minute adaptation of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. This event is presented in partnership with The Free Library of Philadelphia, and includes a post-performance discussion with our actors, director, and Shakespeare Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Annalisa Castaldo, about why Hamlet matters and why we should continue to share the play with younger generations.

Hamlet is the most studied, most performed, and most adapted of Shakespeare's plays by far, possibly of any play ever. There are many explanations for the centuries of popularity, but in the end it comes down to the fact that Shakespeare managed to somehow pack all the ambiguity, complexity and messiness of real life into a story, without losing the narrative structure and focus a story requires. The play deals in grand, universal themes: coping with loss and betrayal, the need to know the truth, the complexity of human desire, the parent-child relationship - and it examines those themes in human sized form.

This performance will be held at 7pm, on Wednesday, May 10, at The Free Library of Philadelphia's Montgomery Auditorium, located at 1901 Vine St, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Photo credit: Kendall Whitehouse