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Mar 23, 2015 · Hamlet: Directed by Sarah Frankcom, Margaret Williams. With Maxine Peake, John Shrapnel, Barbara Marten, Gillian Bevan. Shakespeare's most iconic work, "Hamlet" explodes with big ideas and is the ultimate story of loyalty, love, betrayal, murder and madness.
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- Sarah Frankcom, Margaret Williams
- 2015-03-23
Maxine Peake as Hamlet. Shakespeare’s most iconic work in a stripped-back, fast-paced version, expertly filmed in high definition with eight cameras capturing the intensity of the stage production. A captivating production that rebalances gender casting, Peake’s Hamlet is a female character who takes on a male mantle, a fierce and textured ...
Mar 19, 2015 · Maxine Peake as Hamlet review – fast, fluent and revelatory. Cross-dressing as the prince of Denmark is no gimmick: it brings a fresh edge of alienation and anger to the role. Peter Bradshaw...
Sep 17, 2014 · Maxine Peake's performance as Hamlet has been described by critics as "stunningly good", "excellent" and "not fully rounded" after her opening night. Peake is playing Shakespeare's Danish...
Sep 18, 2014 · We are not used to seeing a woman play Hamlet - the result here is a powerful and yet curiously domestic production. Halfway through the first half of Maxine Peake’s Hamlet she pulls a...
Aug 4, 2015 · Maxine Peake Credit: Jon Gorrigan. M axine Peake has just finished playing Hamlet, one of the toughest parts any actor can take on, and she is one of the very few British actresses to have done so ...
Jul 10, 2015 · Fri 10 Jul 2015 14.20 EDT. I t is a mark of the boldness and versatility of Maxine Peake that she is one of the few actors to have played both Ophelia and Hamlet in productions of...
