The stage is set: a dark black box in which a single golden incense lamp hangs, billowing smoke illuminated by white light from above. Slowly, characters come from the wings to mourn the loss of King Hamlet, still body beneath a plastic sheet on a cold, metallic table. In the single spotlight from above, surrounded by darkness on all sides, Hamlet lets out a single, silent scream of agony in loss.
“Hamlet” might be one of the most overworked shows in history, but there is no way Hofstra’s production could be called usual or overdone unless you were alive in 1599.
On Thursday...
This month, Hofstra holds its 68th Annual Shakespeare Festival with the star being the new Globe Stage. This stage is an accurate emulation of the London Globe Theatre, which is a replication of the...
By Brianna Ciniglio
staff writer
Feb. 27 featured a performance of “The Play’s The Thing: A One Hour Hamlet” with a pre-performance of “The Festival Musicale.”
The pre-performance...
