At Shakespeare ZA, we’re not big on the whole “Bard’s Birthday” thing, but 23 April seems an auspicious day on which to share with our readers/viewers some exciting news.
Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer of Abrahamse and Meyer Productions (AMP) have decided to make their production of Hamlet available online for theatre lovers - and, especially, for Grade 12 learners who have the play as a set work - in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
They have even offered to let us bask in some reflected glory and consider this a contribution to our #lockdownshakespeare campaign!
You can watch the production on YouTube:
You can also download the souvenir programme, which includes lots of useful information about the play.
But wait - there’s more!
In a stroke of good luck, Hamlet and Ophelia from ThinkTheatre’s touring production of the play happen to be locked down together - which means that in addition to the many wonderful monologues that have been performed for #lockdownshakespeare, we now also have a dialogue:
Many thanks to Bryan Hiles and Cara Roberts for sharing this with us!
You can see more of Bryan and Cara - both in character and offering some insights into playing their parts - in our previous post, Behind the scenes of #lockdownshakespeare.
