Västanå Teater's 1996 Hamlet.
Hamlet opens on a question – 'Who's there?' – asked by a sentinel of Elsinore Castle. In the Swedish regional theatre company Västanå Teater's 1996 adaptation of the play, the question kept returning, and it became symbolic of the production's focus on the uncertain and seemingly mysterious movement...
| Published in: | Critical Survey Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 26 - 41 |
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Winter2023
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