![]() ![]() Characters are overwhelmed by feelings of loss. Hamlet muses “to be or not to be” as his lover, Horatio, gives the prince that most precious of things in lockdown, a haircut. Mental health issues afflict those in mourning, especially royalty. ![]() Hamlet, a latterday prince, is a bisexual university student stuck at home with mum and step-dad when he wants to be back at uni in Wittenberg, hanging out with his friends and lovers. In this version, COVID funerals are disrupted and truncated. The setting, like the original, is the city of Elsinore, Denmark. Mckellen’s very contemporary, teenage Hamlet slouches around in a hoodie and trackie bottoms, grieving, isolated and angry. Starring Ian McKellen and directed by Sean Mathias, it really resonates in a time of ongoing pandemic. I went to the theatre for the first time in 15 months to see the Theatre Royal Windsor’s new production of Hamlet. ![]()
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