Hamlet & Rosencratz & guilderstern are dead
I want you to watch Hamlet on Digital Theatre+ This is a modern setting adaption in an unnamed African nation with the Shakespearean language. It is about 3 hours long. This production premiered in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in 2016. The production then had a 2018 UK tour and it was performed in Washington DC.
Links to an external site.https://www-digitaltheatreplus-com.ezproxy.montclair.edu/education/collections/rsc/hamlet.Links to an external site. You will have to log in. Due to various web browsers, the link might not work. You can so to the library web database under Digital Theatre+ and search Hamlet. https://montclair.libguides.com/az.php?a=d
You will also need to read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. This is an an absurdest, existentialist tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard. It can be a bit wordy, but fun to read. You should have purchased this text. Let me know if you need help with the text.
After studying Chapters 7 & 8 please: discuss and contrast the elements of traditional theatre(mostly western) and modern theatre (absurdist) as they relate to these two pieces (at least 2 to 3 pages). Here are some questions that could help you discuss the difference in the shows.
How is the styles of Hamlet different from R & G Are Dead? What similarities do they have?
Which would you personally find more effective as a theatrical experience? Why do you think that is?
Do you prefer one style (traditional or modern) over the other? And why?
You can also go back and look at Chapter 2 as it discusses genre’s of theatre. Does this play into the style of show that you watched and read?
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