Photos: First Look at HAMLET at Shakespeare's Globe
The production is showing in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe until 9 April.
By: Stephi Wild Jan. 31, 2022
The first production images have been released for Hamlet, currently showing in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe until 9 April.
Performed for the very first time in the candlelit playhouse, Hamlet is directed by The Globe's Associate Artistic Director, Sean Holmes.
In a world of surveillance and counter-surveillance, Hamlet is horrified by the role he seems required to play as madness threatens to rip apart the lies around him and expose the truth beneath. Sean Holmes' production explores Shakespeare's iconic tale of manipulation, disruption and coercion for the first time in the intimate Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Sean Holmes returns to the Playhouse after directing the ensemble productions of Henry VI and Richard III in the 2019 Winter Season. The role of Hamlet will be played by George Fouracres, who delighted audiences with his performances in the 2021 Summer Season productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night, also directed by Sean. George, an actor and comedian, is a member of the critically acclaimed sketch trio Daphne alongside Jason Forbes and Phil Wang.
Photo Credit: Johan Persson
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Francesca Henry, George Fouracres
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George Fouracres
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Ed Gaughan
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Nadi Kemp-Sayfi
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George Fouracres
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George Fouracres
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George Fouracres
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John Lightbody, Polly Frame, Irfan Shamji
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George Fouracres
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Rachel Hannah Clarke
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George Fouracres
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George Fouracres
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Rachel Hannah Clark, Polly Frame, Irfan Shamji
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Polly Frame, Irfan Shamji, George Fouracres, John Lightbody
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Polly Frame, Rachel Hannah Clarke
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George Fouracres, Polly Frame, Irfan Shamji
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Cast
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Rachel Hannah Clarke
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