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Set in a surrealistic, Kafkaesque no-man's land Fodor's HAMLET concentrates in the nightmarish, supernatural ether of Shakespeare's play. Visually it's boldly shot, and designed to appeal to those not already familiar with Shakespeare. Leaning toward art-house it's been said of the production that 'if David Lynch shot Shakespeare it would look like this'. The text is the original however a striking feature of the production is that all the characters' personalities have been changed from text book definitions. Polonius for example (originally a doddering sweet old man) is now Polonia a scheming femme fatale aiming to get her younger sister Ophelia (whom she controls through the use of addictive drugs) married into the royal family. Laertes, originally a noble gentleman, is now a mindless brutal thug. Lording over this sits the Ghost, no longer a victim, but a sadistic bastard, manipulating the court from beyond the grave. We are invited into this arena of madness through the eyes of Hamlet, bullied into an action he'd rather not have to deal with - the killing of his uncle. Threats of violence, political games, nightmares, loud music and ghosts abound.
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