JASON FREDDI  &  SHAKESPEARE INK
present
A SHAKESPEAREAN HAMLET

Featuring outstanding Melbourne Shakespearean
actors as well as trainees from the Melbourne
Shakespeare Society, this original conception of
HAMLET by JASON FREDDI presents an authentic
attempt to get to the heart of the play.

Hamlet is a young man with a problem that is common
in its nature, but peculiar to him.

The society of Denmark tries to 'manage' this problem;
applying insensitive systems and procedure.

Murder and suicide result; women are blamed for the
failings of men.

Hamlet grows to maturity and learns how 'to be' beyond
"to be or not to be".

The contemporary relevance is made apparent.

View Photos from the show
Adapted and directed by Jason Freddi
Assistant direction and voice coach,
Paul Roebuck
Stylist, Veronica Jeffrey
Musical Composition by Dario Ogrin (listen)
Sound Engineering by John Kenyon and
Zeljko Hrga
Lighting by Matathias Dravich

Victorian Trades Hall Council
Old Council Chambers Theatre,
14-20 March 2005.
Photographs of the production: (click here)
Cast List:
Ophelia - Liza Travis
Polonious - Geoff Gaskill
Laertes, Gildenstern - Tobias Sherson

Claudius - Ross Williams
Gertrude - Veronica Jeffrey
Hamlet - Jason Freddi

Horatio, Rosencrantz - Andrew Scott
The Ghost, 1st Player - Paul Roebuck
'Hamlet in the Subway': Series 2: view show (954KB)  
Photographs by Paul Dunn