LONDON’S DAILY TELEGRAPH DISCUSSES
THE DONMAR WAREHOUSE PRODUCTION OF
HAMLET
STARRING JUDE LAW
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL GRANDAGE
PREVIEWS BEGIN SEPTEMBER 12
OPENING NIGHT OCTOBER 6 AT THE BROADHURST THEATRE
London Daily Telegraph critic Charles Spencer praises the Broadway-bound Donmar Warehouse production of HAMLET and its star Jude Law in this week’s Culture Minute. Click here to watch the segment.
HAMLET is currently on sale to American Express cardholders through Friday, July 17. The production will be on sale to general theatergoers on Saturday, July 18. Tickets ($116.50 – $25) will be available through Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200 or www.telecharge.com.
Arielle Tepper Madover will produce the critically acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of William Shakespeare’s HAMLET with Jude Law in the title role, directed by Michael Grandage, on Broadway this fall, following sold out runs in London’s West End and a special engagement at Elsinore Castle in Denmark. HAMLET will begin performances at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) on Saturday, September 12 and open on Tuesday, October 6 for a strictly limited run of twelve weeks only. Law will be joined by the Donmar Theatre company of actors from London and Elsinore with further details to be announced later.
London critics embraced Law’s performance and Grandage’s production. “Law’s performance is detailed and powerful and vividly personal,” raved Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard. “Jude Law is excellent,” agreed Quentin Letts, Daily Mail. “A swift, clear well-staged version of Shakespeare’s most exciting play,” proclaimed Michael Billington, Guardian. “Jude Law’s Hamlet is vivid, lucid and impassioned. A feverish energy seems to surge from his fingertips,” cheered Kate Bassett, Independent on Sunday. “It’s a pleasure to report that Law is more than equal to the role; he has the physical and vocal range for its operatic demands and brings vulnerability, honesty and charisma to Hamlet’s soul-searching,” claimed Caroline McGinn, Time Out London. “Law’s Hamlet is deeply moving, lucidly spoken,” hailed Charles Spencer, Telegraph. “Grandage’s gripping, thrilling, deeply-felt accessible production seizes on the fact that Hamlet is an absolutely crackling psychological thriller.”
Jude Law is appearing with the permission of Actors’ Equity Association. The producers gratefully acknowledge Actors’ Equity Association for its assistance to this production.
HAMLET is currently playing at Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End, where it completes its sold out run on August 22. It then travels to Kronberg Castle, Elsinore, for a sold out run from August 25-30, prior to Broadway.
In Shakespeare’s definitive tragedy, the King of Denmark is dead. Consumed with grief, Prince Hamlet (Jude Law) determines to avenge his father’s death with devastating consequences for his family and the kingdom.
The production is designed by Christopher Oram, with lighting design by Neil Austin. Composer and sound designer is Adam Cork.
As part of the Donmar’s commitment to greater accessibility, Arielle Tepper Madover has announced that more than 100 tickets priced at $25 will be available at every performance through Telecharge.com and the Broadhurst Theatre box office.
HAMLET will be on sale to general theatergoers on Saturday, July 18. Tickets ($116.50 – $25) will be available through Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200 or www.telecharge.com.
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