| Year and length: | 2025, 70’ |
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| With: | Antonia Cioază, Else Marie Laukvik, Jakob Nielsen, Rina Skeel, Ulrik Skeel, Julia Varley |
| Light design and video: | Stefano Di Buduo |
| Film advisor: | Claudio Coloberti |
| Puppet: | Fabio Butera |
| Costumes and Set design: | Odin Teatret |
| Technical director: | Knud Erik Knudsen |
| Assistant Directors: | Gregorio Amicuzi, Julia Varley |
| Texts: | Eugenio Barba and quotes from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet |
| Dramaturgy and direction: | Eugenio Barba |
| Production: | Odin Teatret, Théâtre du Soleil, ERT - Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione, and Tieffe Teatro Milano |
Theatre
Odin Teatret / Eugenio Barba - Hamlet’s Clouds
Description
In 1596, William Shakespeare’s only son, Hamnet, dies at the age of eleven. Five years later Shakespeare loses his father, and during this period of mourning writes The Tragic Story of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. In the inconsistent spelling that was common at the time, Hamnet and Hamlet are practically interchangeable. Many scholars have written long books on the relationship between Hamnet and Hamlet.
The play tells the story of the Danish King Hamlet, who bears the same name as his son. King Hamlet has been poisoned by his wife Gertrude and his brother Claudius, who are lovers. Their passion is intertwined with another tragic love story, that between Prince Hamlet and the young Ophelia.
The ghost of Hamlet’s father appears to his son, giving him the task of killing his uncle and avenging him. What does this story tell us today? What have we inherited from our fathers that we will pass on to our children?