Torrey Honors Theater
When | Friday, November 15 – Sunday, November 17, 2013, Friday, November 22 – Sunday, November 24, 2013 |
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Location | Mayers Auditorium |
Admission | Tickets: $3.00 for Students, $5.00 for Non-Students
Nov 15-17 & 22-24 |
Directed by Aaron Young Smith
Torrey Honors Theatre performs one of Shakespeare’s most enduring and powerful plays: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then ascending to the throne, taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother. The play vividly portrays both true and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.