William Shakespeare Hamlet Research Paper
This Hamlet play is charismatic and unique and it’s completely different from any play you’ve ever seen. Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing one of William Shakespeare’s most favourite plays Hamlet, performed beautifully at the Toronto Centre for the Arts Theatre in downtown Toronto. It is completely a mesmerizing production that featured some modern acting from all of the actors. A quick glimpse of the performance area looked more like a lecture hall than an art house, however at the beginning of the play the art house was remodeled into the sad scenery Hamlet’s father burial. The small dark set, was perfectly designed for a film de noir theme. Although the design was good for the stage there were a couple of mistakes that could have been prevented. The designer didn’t do a very good job of the play because the use of the mirror was distracting. The purpose of the mirror was to show Hamlets inner reflection and to pretend he s talking to his dead father. The mirror revealed mistakes that the actors and actresses made. The costumes are distinctive to each group of characters and everything enhances one another.
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The representation was done poorly. The costumes that the actors wore were of a dark colour, fitting the scenes. The costumes were worn with mixed time periods because Hamlet wore ripped jeans. They did very well with the use of lights and shadows. The lines that they spoke were, of course, true to Shakespeare’s original. The director, however, added some modern adaptions through the props and costumes displayed. The play opens with Hamlet observing his dead father burial and is further on portrayed as an avenger. Overall the director put together a tremendous show with smooth scenes a transparent focus, and
Inside the …show more content…
The representation was done poorly. The costumes that the actors wore were of a dark colour, fitting the scenes. The costumes were worn with mixed time periods because Hamlet wore ripped jeans. They did very well with the use of lights and shadows. The lines that they spoke were, of course, true to Shakespeare’s original. The director, however, added some modern adaptions through the props and costumes displayed. The play opens with Hamlet observing his dead father burial and is further on portrayed as an avenger. Overall the director put together a tremendous show with smooth scenes a transparent focus, and