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Hamlet by TNT Theatre Britain in Beijing

Date: Nov 25－7:30 pm

Venue: Rulun Lecture Hall of Renmin University

Price: 60-200 yuan

Hamlet is perhaps the most fascinating play ever written. It is also a complex and sometimes frustrating mix of different traditions, beliefs and source material. Prince Hamlet's own problems are those of the audience: what is the morally correct line of action? How should that moral end be achieved? What is the relationship between revenge and justice? There are three different versions from Shakespeare's time, varying hugely in length. There are also at least two major sources that pull in a different directions from Shakespeare's own additions to the story. The famous "To be or not to be" speech is even omitted from the first published version (The Quarto).