Laertes and Claudius tumble down the deck and out of sight, one by one, leaving only the dying Hamlet, cradled by his friend Horatio. It is an impressively clutter-free death spree, which ensures ...

Here we have Kenneth Branagh playing Laertes alongside Frances Barber's Ophelia. Kenneth Branagh has played Hamlet on multiple occasions. The experience of playing Laertes gave him the opportunity ...

Lewis Shepherd as Laertes, and Nia Towle as Ophelia. Over the years, actors have confided that preparing to play Hamlet is like training for the Olympics. “I think it’s, it’s certainly ...

How do you choreograph “To be or not to be”? That is the question, or at least one of them, for anybody looking to make a ...

The tension rises, culminating in a fateful duel between Hamlet and Laertes, a duel whose outcome leads to tragedy for all. Actors From The London Stage celebrates its 50th anniversary with a ...

Being only gone for a few hours, did Laertes even reach France? How can the players just show up and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern simply be “sent for”? Hamlet never had any intention of being ...