Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Creating Hamlet’s Adventure

10.07.2019 - By Reduced Shakespeare CompanyPlay

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Authors Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor talk about how they've created the definitive backstory to Shakespeare's great tragedy in Hamlet's Big Adventure (a prequel). Featuring homage to Tom Stoppard, excerpts from the new show's promo video, the difficulty of hitting moving targets, how the script has evolved from its workshop with Shakespeare Napa Valley, previewing performances at Spreckels Performing Arts Center and the London in Tel Aviv Festival in Israel, fascinating by-products, eliminating framing devices, answering all the unanswered questions you’ve ever asked about the greatest play ever written, milking tragedy for laughs, seeing Shakespeare's tragedy in a brand new way, and the value of asking important marketing questions early. (Length 23:44)

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