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female Hamlet, Hamlet, Maxine Peake, Ophelia's madness, Royal Exchange Theatre St Anne's Square Manchester, Sarah Frankcom, Shakespeare, tragedy
Maxine Peake As Hamlet enabled me to re-watch last year’s astonishing stage production directed by Sarah Frankcom at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. Although I have already reviewed the production here (where I focus on gender), the filmed version shown at The Cornerhouse Cinema, Manchester on April 2, 2015, gave me the opportunity to concentrate on how cleverly the production tackles the theme of madness. Continue reading