William Shakespeare

Hamlet

Photo: Peter Uhan

Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana / SNG Drama Ljubljana

Première 12. 01. 2013 Main Stage, SNG Drama Ljubljana

Running time 2 hours and 35 minutes with two intervals.

Translator Srečko Fišer
Director Eduard Miler
Author of adaptation and dramaturg Žanina Mirčevska
Stage Designer Branko Hojnik
Costume Designer Jelena Proković
Language Consultant Arko
Selection of Music Eduard Miler
Lighting Designer Pascal Mérat
Fencing Consultant Martin Slodnjak
Assistant Stage Designer Urša Vidic
Asssistant Costume Designer Katja Magister

Cast
Hamlet Marko Mandić
* Igor Samobor
Claudius Jernej Šugman
Gertrude Nataša Barbara Gračner
Polonius Alojz Svete
Ophelia Polona Juh
Laertes Aljaž Jovanović
Rosenkranz Uroš Fürst
Guildenstern Klemen Slakonja
Gravedigger Janez Škof
First Actor Zvone Hribar
Second Actor Vojko Zidar
Third Actor Marko Okorn

Hamlet’s task is his personal urgency and at once the state duty. On the personal level he must revenge his murdered father. As the Prince of Denmark he must cherish the moral order and the well-being of the state. He has yet another responsibility as an intellectual: even if the murdered king would not have been his father and even if Hamlet would not have been the heir to throne, his duty as one oriented towards cultivating the humane aspect of society is to resist any kind of injustice of which he is aware. Hamlet goes through deep emotional turmoil and is aware that in a "rotten” society there is no space for love and personal happiness. His sensitivity brings him down both emotionally and spiritually. He is perfectly aware from the very beginning of what his duty is but all his deeds are a "quiet” scream and not wise actions. It is those deeds that are lacking decisiveness, courage, wisdom, timing… that eventually cost him his life and drive into death numerous innocent people around him.