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HAMLET

Written by..................William Shakespeare
Directed by.........................Patrice Chereau
Adaptation by....................Yves Bonnefoy

Set Design by.....................Richard Peduzzi
Costume Design by..........Jacques Schmidt

CAST

Hamlet.................................Gerard Desarthe
Claudius.......................Wladimir Yordanoff
Gertrude..................................Nada Strancar
Polonius.................................Bernard Ballet
Ophelia.........................Marianne Denicourt

Laertes......................................Vincent Perez
Horatio...............Thibault de Montalembert
Rosencrantz.....................Bruno Todeschini
Guildenstern.....................Olivier Rabourdin
Fortinbras/Francisco....... Pascal Greggory

Moliere Awards:

Best Actor: Gerard Desarthe
Best Director: Patrice Chereau
Best Set Design: Richard Peduzzi
Best Costume Design: Jacques Schmidt

Moliere Nominations:

Best Play
Best Adaptation from an original source

 

This play premiered at the 1988 Festival d'Avignon. It was performed at the Honor Courtyard at the Palais de Papes (Palace of the Popes), which becomes an  open-air theatre during the Festival.

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July 9-19, 1988
Ten performances
22,653 tickets sold

Villeurbanne
October 19-29, 1988

Clermont-Ferrand (Palais des Congres)
November 4-6, 1988

Grenoble
November 12-16, 1988

 

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