Performed at the Greenwich Playhouse Mayr 2000

Shakespeare's masterpiece was presented by Galleon Theatre Company as the inaugural production of London's state-of -the-art studio theatre - the Greenwich Playhouse. Galleon Theatre Company's revival was a full scale epic of an unforgettable play which persists to intrigue and fascinate successive generations.

Galleon's exquisite and elegant production was set at the end of the 19th century. A time of invention, wonderment, magical discovery and infinite social and moral contradiction. Galleon's evocative revival was a bold interpretation of the Bard's, most compelling and greatest of dramas.

CREDITS

• Director: Bruce Jamieson
• Producer: Alice de Sousa

THE CAST

• Claudius - Bruce Jamieson
• Laertes - Kevin Marchant
• Polonious - Oliver Bradshaw
• Hamlet - Rupert Fawcett
• Gertrude - Barbara Drennan
• Horatio - Andrew Sinnott
• Ophelia - Nikki Leigh Scott
• The Grave Digger and Rosencrantz - Andrew Morris
• Osric and Guildenstern - Jack Galagher
• The Priest and Player King - Richard Crichton
• The Grave Digger and Player Queen - Jacki Simmons

THE CREATIVE TEAM

• Costume Designer - Rebecca Chadwick
• Set Designers - Lily Elms & Alice Breuillard
• Fight Choreography - Richard Burnip
• Publicity Designer - Alison Rayner
• Stills Photographer - Paul Welch

Reviews

'First, it is good to welcome the Greenwich Playhouse back into the fray, after a considerable absence and struggle with a brewery who wanted to turn this 12 year-old studio theatre into a dormitory for backpackers...

Fortunately, there were no opportunities for dozing off during the opening production by Galleon Theatre Company: a sprightly Hamlet. The director Bruce Jamieson has trimmed down Shakespeare to a taunt two-and-a-half hours. It's quiet sensitively done and it is clean and clear, and carried off well by a strong ensemble'. Financial Times

'To celebrate the reopening of what was formerly The Prince Theatre, the Galleon Theatre Company christens this new space with a highly competent and accomplished staging, bolstered further by excellent production values all round. There are great performances by the entire company, which bring credible depth to this production.' - The Stage

'The Galleon Theatre Company has fought its way back to the theatre in the forecourt of Greenwich Station ... Director Bruce Jamieson has turned the original four-hour work into two-and-a-half hours of theatrical magic by crystallising the central story into a 'family' drama that is eminently accessible and utterly absorbing. The director; together with producer Alice de Sousa, have created and inspired work'. - Kentish Times