Hamlet on the Hill
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home upon his fatheris death to find that his uncle, Claudius, has married his mother, Gertrude, and has assumed the throne of Denmark. The Ghost of his father appears before Hamlet, telling him that it was Claudius who killed him and urging the Prince to kill Claudius. Hamlet pretends madness in an effort to test Claudiusi guilt, but in the meantime has an encounter with the fair Ophelia, whom he mistreats cruelly.
A troupe of visiting actors are to perform at the court that evening; Hamlet convinces them to perform a play with a plot that resembles the events of his fatheris death (ithe playis the thing wherein Iill catch the conscience of the kingi). Claudiusi violent reaction to the performance convinces Hamlet that he did indeed murder his father. Hamlet goes to his motheris bedchamber and accuses her of complicity. Hearing a noise behind a tapestry, he stabs his sword through the fabric, only to find he has killed Opheliais father, Polonius. In anger, Claudius sends Hamlet to England, carrying a letter and accompanied by his so-called friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hamlet is unaware that the letter calls for his execution. Hamlet rewrites the letter, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern become the victims of the execution.
Ophelia, driven mad both by Hamletis actions and her fatheris death, drowns herself. Her brother, Laertes, vows vengeance on Hamlet, and with Claudius plots the Princeis death at a duel. The plot goes awry. Gertrude is mistakenly poisoned; as Laertes dies of wounds inflicted in the duel, he reveals the murderous plot to Hamlet. Hamlet, mortally wounded himself, summons the strength to kill Claudius, then dies in the arms of his friend, Horatio. In the final scene, Norwegian Prince Fortinbras arrives with soldiers to take command of Denmark. See you at Hamlet July 28 - August 21.
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