William Shakespeare: Hamlet – The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
April 21 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us this April for the adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, performed by the students of the University of Arts Târgu Mureș / Marosvásárhely.
One month. That’s how long it’s been since Hamlet’s father died. One month. That’s how long his mother waited before she remarried. One month. That’s how long Hamlet had to mourn before his father’s ghost appeared and asked him to avenge his death. The time is out of joint. And somehow, for some reason, it’s Hamlet who has to set it right. Someone who was supposed to be a poet now has to become a soldier.
The play is 130 minutes long, including one intermission (15 minutes), and will be performed in Hungarian with English surtitles.
Director: Vladimir Anton
Dramaturg: Réka Dálnoky
Assistant dramaturg: Bernadette Brok
Stage design: Măriuca Ignat and Vladimir Anton
Stage adaptation: Vladimir Anton, Réka Dálnoky, and Bernadette Brok
Hungarian translation: Ádám Nádasdy
Actors: Martin Berencsy, Bence Dull, Hunor Fazakas, Zsolt Harsányi, Botond Jánosi, Péter Kiss, Levent Kitay, Máté Bátor Soós, Orsolya Szilágyi, Anna Torner
Don’t miss out on this timeless tragedy of conscience and revenge, translated by acclaimed Hungarian linguist and poet Ádám Nádasdy, and brought to life by Vladimir Anton as a bold new adaptation.
Vladimir Anton is a theatre director, university lecturer, and the artistic director of the Csíki Játékszín Theatre. At the Bulandra Theatre in Bucharest, he worked alongside renowned directors such as Liviu Ciulei, Alexandru Darie, and Yury Kordonsky, and also served as assistant director to Francis Ford Coppola during the filming of Youth Without Youth. Early in his career, he directed over 400 episodes of various television series. As a director, he has worked at the Odeon Theatre in Bucharest and in numerous other theaters in Romania including Odorheiu Secuiesc, Miercurea Ciuc and Sfântu Gheorghe, where he staged The Dragon by Yevgeny Shvarts and Lajos Parti Nagy in 2022. His productions have received several international awards, and his staging of Our Town in Odorheiu Secuiesc (2019) was nominated for a UNITER Award in the Best Performance category.
