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Hamlet stars Riz Ahmed and Morfydd Clark on their "urgent and exciting" Shakespeare adaptation: "We brought this visceral first-person energy to it"

Love Elizabethan-era stories about vengeful Danish princes? Then you're in luck, because 2026 is rife with adaptations of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Hot on the heels of awards weepie Hamnet – the 'untold' ...
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‘Hamlet’ Review: Riz Ahmed Tackles Shakespeare’s Most Famous Hero in a Shaky Contemporary Version

This latest version of Hamlet begins with a death ritual. Riz Ahmed, as the title character, washes his father's body, surrounded by his uncle, Claudius, and other men as a Hindu priest recites from ...

Andrew Scott Knew How to Play Hamlet, but ‘Elsinore’ Required Him to Channel Another Actor

Andrew Scott talks 'Elsinore,' playing Hamlet, and Ian Charleson in the new film that's put him in the Oscar race. Interview.
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‘Hamlet' Review: Riz Ahmed Can't Save a London-Set Take on Shakespeare's Tragedy With No Reason to Be

William Shakespeare left no instructions as to the right way future dramatists should tell "Hamlet." We have only the text, which reveals fresh insights each time someone new recites it. With director ...

‘Like a tired boxer, battered by applause’: as Andrew Scott’s biopic premieres, Richard Eyre remembers Ian Charleson’s superb, near-death Hamlet

In 1989, the Chariots of Fire actor took on the incredible task of playing Shakespeare’s prince while terminally ill from Aids. This weekend sees the world premiere of Elsinore, a new film about the ...
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: A Play More Timely Than Ever

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Shakespeare had the good fortune to write Hamletbefore anyone could ...
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Reimagining ‘Hamlet’ as a Lynchian L.A. Story: Director Robert O’Hara on Doing Shakespeare With a Noir/’Mulholland Drive’ Twist at the Mark Taper

This will not be your father’s “Hamlet” — or even your dead-king father’s “Hamlet” — when writer-director Robert O’Hara’s reinterpretation of the Shakespeare perennial opens at the Mark Taper Forum ...
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‘Hamlet’ Review: Riz Ahmed Can’t Save a London-Set Take on Shakespeare’s Tragedy With No Reason to Be

William Shakespeare left no instructions as to the right way future dramatists should tell "Hamlet." We have only the text, which reveals fresh insights each time someone new recites it. With director ...