In "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," two bewildered minor characters in “Hamlet” become central figures. Gallery Players is taking a fresh look at Tom Stoppard’s darkly comic 1967 play with a ...

When you think about it, Gertrude and Claudius — the “villains” of Hamlet — really don’t talk to each other much in Shakespeare’s masterpiece. “Gertrude and Claudius have very few lines together,” ...

They are minor characters but play a significant role in William Shakespeare's iconic tragedy "Hamlet." Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two of Hamlet's closest friends, interjecting clever quips in ...

"To be or not to be" was a question with only one answer for Libby Amato. Of course she was willing to suffer the slings and arrows of being the melancholy Dane. But Amato is not only playing Hamlet, ...

Our 30-year-old protagonist, the grief-afflicted prince of Denmark, is hung up on the recent death of his father and the almost instant ascent of his uncle, Claudius, to the throne. Also less than ...

Will Block, sitting, plays the title role of Hamlet in Ensemble Theatre Co.'s contemporary production of William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, set in modern-day Denmark. Corey Jones, left, portrays ...

Who is Hamlet? This might seem like a strange question to ask about the most famous character in all literature, a figure incarnated by some of the most brilliant actors of the last four centuries and ...

Eddie Izzard is set to play Hamlet in New York. Also Ophelia. And Claudius. And Gertrude and Laertes and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and… The British comedian-actor-writer-activist will play 23 ...

The title role in Shakespeare’s enduring tragedy Hamlet is on the bucket list for many actors wishing to challenge their range of emotions while offering their own interpretation of the iconic role.

The cast of Hamlet (Ato Blankson-Wood, Solea Pfieffer, and Nick Rehberger) discuss what it means to bring Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” into the modern day. Solea Pfeiffer performs as Ophelia in The Public ...

Alan Cumming played filmmaker Piers Cuthbertson-Smyth in the 1997 movie “Spice World” starring girl pop icons the Spice Girls. It’s a role that Cumming said he got after Geri Halliwell — aka Ginger ...