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TRAVEL IN HAWAII Duis aute irure dolor in in velit esse molestaie cillum. Tia non ea soluad incommod quae egen ium improb fugiend. Officia deserunt mollit anim id est. Et harumd dereud facilis est er expedit distinct. Nam liber te conscient to factor poen odioque civiuda et tam. Neque pecun modut est neque nonor et imper ned libidig met, consectetur adipiscing elit dolor set ahmet lorem ipsum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. COMPANY NAME 1234 Main Street Anytown, State 54321 T: (123) 456-7890 F: (123) 456-7891 W: www.apple.com/iwork Kilauea Hawaii PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS THE LIFE OF GALILEO Bertolt Brecht Dec. 1975 ANDROCLES AND THE LION Bernard Shaw Mar. 1976 SWEENEY TODD George Dibdin Pitt Dec. 1976 OLIVER! Lionel Bart Mar. 1977 BIRDS Aristophanes Dec. 1977 TWELFTH NIGHT Wm. Shakespeare Feb. 1979 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Oscar Wilde Dec. 1979 ANTONIO'S REVENGE John Marston Dec. 1980 THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE Bernard Shaw Dec. 1981 ENTER A FREE MAN (STAFF) Tom Stoppard Jul. 1982 CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING Arnold Wesker Dec. 1982 THE GOLDEN MASQUE OF AGAMEMNON John Wiles Feb. 1983 TOAD OF TOAD HALL A. A. Milne Jul. 1983 THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN Peter Shaffer Dec. 1983 ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST(6thForm) Dario Fo Mar. 1984 THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND (Staff) Tom Stoppard Jul. 1984 BEYOND A JOKE (SIXTH FORM) Derek Benfield Nov. 1984 HUBERT AND THE FIREWORK Martin Knight Dec. 1984 MEDEA Euripides Mar. 1985 WHITE LIARS/BLACK COMEDY (Staff) Peter Shaffer Jul. 1985 MY FAIR LADY (SIXTH FORM) Lerner & Lowe May 1986 THE SPORT OF MY MAD MOTHER Ann Jellicoe Jul. 1986 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (6th Form) Dec. 1987 FROGS Aristophanes Mar. 1987 THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Wm. Shakespeare Dec. 1987 THE THWARTING OF BARON BOLLIGREW Robert Bolt Jul. 1988 CINDERELLA (Staff) John Morley Dec. 1988 THE INJUSTICE DONE TO TOU NGO Kuan Han Ch'ing & AFTER MAGRITTE (6th Form) Tom Stoppard Mar. 1989 OEDIPUS THE KING Sophocles Mar. 1990 DRACULA SPECTACULA Gardiner & Parr Dec. 1990 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Wm. Shakespeare Mar. 1992 DOCTOR FAUSTUS Christopher Marlowe Dec. 1992 CULTURE BEAT Paul Gerrard Mar. 1994 HIAWATHA Michael Bogdanov Dec. 1994 ALADDIN (Staff) John Morley Dec. 1995 ’TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE John Ford Feb. 1997 GHETTO Joshua Sobol Feb. 1998 THE SEVEN SIDED DICE Phil Rean & Mike Smith Jul. 1999 MACBETH Wm. Shakespeare Feb. 2000 AMADEUS Peter Shaffer Dec. 2000 THE NATIVITY Tony Harrison Dec. 2001 THE BACCHAE OF EURIPIDES Wole Soyinka Dec. 2002 DICK WHITTINGTON (Staff) John Morley Dec. 2003 JOSEPH & HIS AMAZING... (Year 7) Andrew Lloyd Webber Jul. 2004 LORD OF THE FLIES Nigel Williams Dec. 2004 TREASURE ISLAND (Year 7) Stephen Kingsbury Jul. 2005 OLIVER! Lionel Bart Dec. 2005 BUGSY MALONE (Year 7) Alan Parker Jul. 2006 ENTER A FREE MAN Tom Stoppard Dec. 2006 THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Year 7) Alan Bennett Jul. 2007 The production of Hamlet that you are about to see is the product of the joint creative effort of cast and director. I have never before placed so many decisions directly in the hands of the cast. Sometimes this has been very scary: at almost every stage the more extreme the reading, the more likely it was to meet with approval. One speech, in particular, has ended up being presented in a way I never intended for performance but only as a kind of exercise—but everyone who saw it loved it so much that it has stayed. Mostly, however, this process has worked in our favour: our Ghost, for example, has ended up no kindly father figure but a soul so conflicted by the legions of the damned that it is no wonder Hamlet doubts whether it is truly his father’s spirit. It would be rash to claim this as a wholly original take, but I have certainly never seen it done quite like this before. We never had any doubt that this would be a modern dress production. But what to make of Claudius, King of Denmark? We thought of making him the CEO of a multinational corporation (as in Michael Almereyda’s recent movie) or a charismatic tele-evangelist. Tempting as they were, both of these approaches would have meant suppressing the play’s political content and so weakening the ending. We soon settled on a kind of Euro-West Wing, with Claudius as a presidential-looking Danish king surrounded by suited palace staff and press officers. This seems to work surprisingly well and has the advantage that almost every character is immediately recognisable. The text, of course, had to be edited—and seeing that there is no standard text of the original ‘acting’ version, as there is with Macbeth and most of the rest, it was a challenge and a pleasure to go back to the folio and quartos and distill a new version for Shock Tactics. Some scenes and speeches have had to go in the interest of keeping the production at a reasonable length, but we sincerely hope that what is left will speak clear and fresh to our audience, whether or not they are familiar with this extraordinary play. JMS
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C O M P A N Y N A M E1234 Main Street Anytown, State 54321T: (123) 456-7890 F: (123) 456-7891
W: www.apple.com/iwork
Kilauea
Hawaii
PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
THE LIFE OF GALILEO Bertolt Brecht Dec. 1975ANDROCLES AND THE LION Bernard Shaw Mar. 1976SWEENEY TODD George Dibdin Pitt Dec. 1976OLIVER! Lionel Bart Mar. 1977BIRDS Aristophanes Dec. 1977TWELFTH NIGHT Wm. Shakespeare Feb. 1979THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Oscar Wilde Dec. 1979ANTONIO'S REVENGE John Marston Dec. 1980THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE Bernard Shaw Dec. 1981ENTER A FREE MAN (STAFF) Tom Stoppard Jul. 1982CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING Arnold Wesker Dec. 1982THE GOLDEN MASQUE OF AGAMEMNON John Wiles Feb. 1983TOAD OF TOAD HALL A. A. Milne Jul. 1983THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN Peter Shaffer Dec. 1983ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST (6th Form) Dario Fo Mar. 1984THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND (Staff) Tom Stoppard Jul. 1984BEYOND A JOKE (SIXTH FORM) Derek Benfield Nov. 1984HUBERT AND THE FIREWORK Martin Knight Dec. 1984MEDEA Euripides Mar. 1985WHITE LIARS/BLACK COMEDY (Staff) Peter Shaffer Jul. 1985MY FAIR LADY (SIXTH FORM) Lerner & Lowe May 1986THE SPORT OF MY MAD MOTHER Ann Jellicoe Jul. 1986JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (6th Form) Dec. 1987FROGS Aristophanes Mar. 1987THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Wm. Shakespeare Dec. 1987THE THWARTING OF BARON BOLLIGREW Robert Bolt Jul. 1988CINDERELLA (Staff) John Morley Dec. 1988THE INJUSTICE DONE TO TOU NGO Kuan Han Ch'ing & AFTER MAGRITTE (6th Form) Tom Stoppard Mar. 1989OEDIPUS THE KING Sophocles Mar. 1990DRACULA SPECTACULA Gardiner & Parr Dec. 1990A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Wm. Shakespeare Mar. 1992DOCTOR FAUSTUS Christopher Marlowe Dec. 1992CULTURE BEAT Paul Gerrard Mar. 1994HIAWATHA Michael Bogdanov Dec. 1994ALADDIN (Staff) John Morley Dec. 1995’TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE John Ford Feb. 1997GHETTO Joshua Sobol Feb. 1998THE SEVEN SIDED DICE Phil Rean & Mike Smith Jul. 1999MACBETH Wm. Shakespeare Feb. 2000AMADEUS Peter Shaffer Dec. 2000THE NATIVITY Tony Harrison Dec. 2001THE BACCHAE OF EURIPIDES Wole Soyinka Dec. 2002DICK WHITTINGTON (Staff) John Morley Dec. 2003JOSEPH & HIS AMAZING... (Year 7) Andrew Lloyd Webber Jul. 2004LORD OF THE FLIES Nigel Williams Dec. 2004TREASURE ISLAND (Year 7) Stephen Kingsbury Jul. 2005OLIVER! Lionel Bart Dec. 2005BUGSY MALONE (Year 7) Alan Parker Jul. 2006ENTER A FREE MAN Tom Stoppard Dec. 2006THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (Year 7) Alan Bennett Jul. 2007
The production of Hamlet that you are about to see is the product of the joint creative effort of cast and director. I have never before placed so many decisions directly in the hands of the cast. Sometimes this has been very scary: at almost every stage the more extreme the reading, the more likely it was to meet with approval. One speech, in particular, has ended up being presented in a way I never intended for performance but only as a kind of exercise—but everyone who saw it loved it so much that it has stayed. Mostly, however, this process has worked in our favour: our Ghost, for example, has ended up no kindly father figure but a soul so conflicted by the legions of the damned that it is no wonder Hamlet doubts whether it is truly his father’s spirit. It would be rash to claim this as a wholly original take, but I have certainly never seen it done quite like this before.
We never had any doubt that this would be a modern dress production. But what to make of Claudius, King of Denmark? We thought of making him the CEO of a multinational corporation (as in Michael Almereyda’s recent movie) or a charismatic tele-evangelist. Tempting as they were, both of these approaches would have meant suppressing the play’s political content and so weakening the ending. We soon settled on a kind of Euro-West Wing, with Claudius as a presidential-looking Danish king surrounded by suited palace staff and press officers. This seems to work surprisingly well and has the advantage that almost every character is immediately recognisable.
The text, of course, had to be edited—and seeing that there is no standard text of the original ‘acting’ version, as there is with Macbeth and most of the rest, it was a challenge and a pleasure to go back to the folio and quartos and distill a new version for Shock Tactics. Some scenes and speeches have had to go in the interest of keeping the production at a reasonable length, but we sincerely hope that what is left will speak clear and fresh to our audience, whether or not they are familiar with this extraordinary play.
JMS
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Wilson’s School presentsSHOCK TACTICS in
HAMLETby William Shakespearedirected by Jeff Shaw
Opening December 5 2007 at 7.30pmRunning time about 3 hours including interval
No flash photographyPlease switch off mobile phones
A professionally produced DVD will be available; please use the order form on your seat or from the foyer box office
CAST in order of appearance
HAMLET Dan SmithCLAUDIUS Declan Doyle GERTRUDE Izzy WattsPOLONIUS Adam LawrenceLAERTES Hadley SmithVOLTIMAND Matthew Mitchell CORNELIUS James MarshallHORATIO James LewisMARCELLUS David ParkeBERNARDO Simon WilliamsOPHELIA Kez LewisGHOST James BoothROSENCRANTZ James MorganGUILDENSTERN Joe Youll ‘KING’ Christian Leggett‘QUEEN’ Courtney Mortimer‘VILLAIN’ James IrelandFORTINBRAS James Booth
CAPTAIN David ParkeP. A. Christian LeggettOFFICE BOY Stephan Humphrey-Gaskin1st GRAVEDIGGER Simon Williams2nd GRAVEDIGGER Matthew TaylorPRIEST James MarshallOSRIC Theo BotsfordAMBASSADOR James Ireland
OTHER PARTS played by Mac Alford-Sancto Jack Carter Jack Casey Nishil Chandaria Thomas Gower Anthony Guy Chris Reeds Grace Ries Thomas Springall David Statter Ben Watts-Stansfield and members of the cast and crew
Directed by Jeff ShawProduction Manager Alan SmithSettings Kevin HemmingsStage Manager Mark BakerLighting Robert WhiteVideo Authoring James LewisVideo Operators Tom Vella Jake MarshallSound Operator Tom VidlerProps Matt HallettSpecial Effects Ahzaz ChowdhuryFight arranger and coach Mike SmithWardrobe Emma Waterhouse Richard Bevis Oscar Williams-GrutMake-up Sally Carter-EsdaleStage Crew Alan Michalak Jon Hicks
We owe a great debt of gratitude to:
Nick James for the video monitors and cameras
A. Yeatman & Sons for the loan of the coffin
Ashburton Fencing Club
Alec ?!?!?!
Paul Gerrard
Lighting equipment provided by Point Source productions Ltd.
www.shocktactics.org.uk
