NewsPhoto Call: Hamlet Like You've Never Seen It! Peter Sarsgaard Stars in Classic Stage's New Modern-Dress StagingThe Classic Stage Company's production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, starring Peter Sarsgaard, officially opens April 15 following performances that began March 27.
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Krissie Fullerton
April 15, 2015
Sarsgaard (Uncle Vanya, "Blue Jasmine") stars in the title role. Penelope Allen (Richard III, A Streetcar Named Desire) plays his mother Gertrude with Harris Yulin (Frank's Home, Death of a Salesman) as King Claudius.
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Hamlet Like You've Never Seen It! Peter Sarsgaard Stars in Classic Stage's New Modern-Dress Staging
Lisa Joyce (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, La Bete) plays Hamlet's love interest Ophelia, Glenn Fitzgerald (Ivanov, The Importance of Being Earnest) plays her brother Laertes, and their father, Polonius, is played by Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella (Angels in America, A View From the Bridge).
Austin Jones (Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, "Boardwalk Empire") plays Hamlet's friend Horatio. Jim Broaddus (Saint Joan, Tartuffe) plays Player King/others, Scott Parkinson (The Coast of Utopia, Our Town) plays Rosencrantz/others and Daniel Morgan Shelley (Othello, King Lear) is Guildenstern/others.
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