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HAMLET
HAMLET
By William Shakespeare
International Theatre Company London's 30th Japan Tour in 2008

Directed and Edited by Paul Stebbings
Original music composed by Thomas Johnson

“THE TIME IS OUT OF JOINT”

The time is out of joint. O cursed spite
That ever I was born to set it right! ( Hamlet- I.v.215)

"HAMLET is not a drama of weakness, but of duty and self-denial"
Boris Pasternak.

Produced by Ashley Associates Ltd.   www.ashleyassociates.jp
UK-Japan2008 accredited event     www.ukjapan2008.jp/
Supported by British Council, ALC Press, Inc., Shakespeare Company
Official website: www.stageplay.jp

The prize winners:
First prize Teheran International Theatre Festival in 2004
Government of Singapore Arts Achievement Award

==> Synopsis
==> Programme (PDF: 37kb)
       - PAUL STEBBINGS’CV
       - HAMLET — Director's notes
       - Shakespeare's theatre and TNT
       - Actors CV
==> Questions and Answers for Beijing Time Out
==> Public Performances: Please visit Japanese site for more details
==> Stage shots from the performance at the Kyoto Kyoiku Bunka Center, 26th May, 2008 (photographs by Steve Lewis)

C a s t :

Richard Keightly
Richard Keightly
as Hamlet
Richard Clodfelter
Richard Clodfelter
as Claudius
Natalia Campbell
Natalia Campbell
as Gertrude
Richard Ede
Richard Ede
as Horatio
J.C. Hoyt
J.C. Hoyt
as Polonius
Dan Wilder
Dan Wilder
as Laertes
Sophie Franklin
Sophie Franklin
as Ophelia

International Acclaim

“Seven actors – one masterpiece. TNT theatre succeeded last night in the tragedy “Hamlet” with only a few props to guide the audience to the essence of the play.
“To be or not to be” – they had been waiting for this line. The audience, were proverbially hanging on Martin Christopher’s, alias Hamlet’s, lips. On　one hand to be able to follow the Renaissance-English, on the other, to experience closely the drama, Hamlet’s pain…
And while the gravedigger goes about his work, the applause rings through the rows from the first to the last.”
BADISCHE ZEITUNG

“The acting is simply fantastic…. Hamlet is a mystery or several. Martin Christopher plays him with intense energy in a long black leather coat. With his dark hair, pale eyes and high forehead he looks like a tortured Edgar Allen Poe before the cracked walls of Oslo’s royal castle.”
DAGBLATT Norway (largest circulation paper)

“A truly extraordinary performance of HAMLET that was greeted with long applause by the audience in Prague Castle. ”
PRAVO Prague (Czech Shakespeare Festival).

“All in all, the whole troupe under Paul Stebbings offered a treat of acting and direction, showing again why Shakespeare hasn’t lost his charm even in the 21st century:”
Luxembourg Wort (main paper Luxembourg)

Public Performances

Tickets on sale at "Ticket PIA"
(Details: refer to Japanese page)

TOKYO
SEIRYO KAIKAN
Tuesday May 13, 6:00 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm)
5 minutes from Akasaka Mitsuke, Nagata-cho, Kokkai Gijido-mae on the Tokyo Metro
TEL: 03-3581-5650
www.seiryokai.org/

P-code: 385-751

SEIRYO KAIKAN

TOKYO
MUSASHINO KOKAIDO
Wednesday, May 14, 6:30 pm (doors open at 5:45 pm)
3 minutes from South Exit of Kichijoji Station on Chuo or Inokashira line
TEL: 0422-46-5121

P-code: 385-755

SENDAI
SENDAI IZUMITY 21 (small Hall)
Thursday, May 15, 6:30 pm (doors open at 5:45 pm)
15 minutes on the metro from JR Sendai Station, towards the direction of Izumi-Chuo, Exit at "Izumi Chuo, North 3"
TEL: 022-375-3101
http://www.bunka.city.sendai.jp/izumity21/index.html

P-code: 385-757

KYOTO
KYOTO KYOIKU BUNKA CENTER
Monday, May 26, 6:30 pm (doors open at 5:45 pm)
3 minutes from Keihan Marutamachi Station
TEL: 075-771-4221
www2.odn.ne.jp/kyobun

P-code: 385-758

Ticket Information:

Tokyo and Kyoto Performances.
Advance Adult tickets: 5000 yen
Advance Student tickets: 2500 yen
Available at Ticket Pia stores
Tickets on the day of performance: 5500yen regardless of the status

Available at Ashley Associates
tel: 03-5469-2841 (Att: Ms. Watanabe)
Deadline for purchasing the tickets: May 8th, 2007

Advance group tickets for 20 or more at 2200 yen per seat only via Ashley Associates

Sendai Performance:
Advance Adult tickets: 3500 yen
Advance Student tickets: 2500 yen
Tickets on the day of performance: 4000 yen regardless of the status

Advance group tickets for 20 or more at 2000 yen per seat are available only via Ashley Associates

University Performances: (not open to the public)
(Doors open 30 minutes prior to the performance opening time)

  • Mon. May 19, 1:25pm
    Tokai University (2S-101 at Building 2, Main Hall)

University Performances: (open to the public)
(Doors open 30 minutes prior to the performance opening time)

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

COMING PERFORMANCE
　THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
based on the short story by Oscar Wilde.
2 weeks from November 10 through 22 in 2008

International Theatre Company London


Executive Committee in Japan
Represented by: Ashley Associates Ltd.
Michiyo Watanabe, Producer
8F Minami Aoyama First Bld.,
7-8-1 Minami Aoyama,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062
Tel (general): 03-5469-2869, (direct) 03-5469-2841
Fax (general): 03-5469-2870
http://www.ashleyassociates.co.jp
http://www.stageplay.jp

  • Discount tickets (for Tokyo and Kyoto performance)
    Tickets costing 2200 yen each for groups of 20 or more are available from Ashley Associates Ltd.
    Please contact Ms. Watanabe via fax or email, mentioning name, address, venues/dates, remittance date and number of tickets required.
    (The deadline is May 8th).
  • Tickets will be sent upon confirmation of the remittance.
  • Mizuho Bank Meguro Branch, Ordinary Deposit 1957285
    Ashley Associates Ltd.
  • No Reserved Seating
  • Performance duration: 150 minutes
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