Commonwealth Shakespeare Company: 'Our American Hamlet'
When:
Thursday, Mar 23, 2017 7:30p -
Sunday, Apr 02, 2017 9:00p
Thursday, Mar 23, 2017 7:30p -
Sunday, Apr 02, 2017 9:00p
Where:
Sorenson Center for the Arts
231 Forest Street
Wellesley, MA 02457
Admission:
$25-60
Categories:
Art, Performing Arts
Event website:
http://commshakes.org/performances/performance/171
A World Premiere
Written by Jake Broder
Directed by Steven Maler
Featuring Jacob Fishel, Will Lyman, and Maureen Keiller
The year was 1866, less than a year after President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. His brother Edwin Booth, one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century, decided to perform Hamlet on Broadway, a role he had performed in the past to great acclaim. A huge crowd turned up for the performance — but it wasn't clear whether they were there to see the actor perform, or to exact their revenge. Jacob Fishel, an actor with a wide-ranging career on television and on and off Broadway, takes on the role of Booth.
