National Theatre Live: Hamlet (Encore)
When:
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Where: Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Ethel M. Barber Theater, 1949 Campus Drive; 10-30 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Public
Cost: Tickets: $20 general public, $16 NU Employee (in-person or phone order only) or $10 full-time student (Under 30 with current ID).
Contact:
Box Office
(847) 491-7282
Group: Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Lyndsey Turner
Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch
Now seen by over 750,000 people worldwide, the original 2015 NT Live broadcast returns to cinemas. Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.
Running Time: 3 hours 20 mins (including a 20-min intermission)
Part of the Stage on Screen series at the Wirtz Center.