Hamlet at Sacramento Theatre Company

As Shakespeares most popular playboth during his own Elizabethan era and todaythis tragedy concerns Prince Hamlet and his struggle to exact revenge. Hamlets father, the King of Denmark, has been murdered by his uncle, Claudius. Claudius has now married the leading lady of Denmark Hamlets mother, the Queenand seized the throne. In his process of vengeance, Hamlet grapples with themes of death, honor, corruption, and a host of other existential questions in this, one of the crown jewels of world literature.

Authors

• Thomas Cooper DeLeon
• William Shakespeare

Tony Awards and Nominations for Hamlet