In this reimagined version of "Hamlet" playing at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre in D.C., the story is told from the viewpoint of the women of the play.(Credit Folger Shakespeare Theatre) When you ...

Oneika Phillips, Sabrina Lynne Sawyer, and Burgess Byrd in Folger Theatre's world premiere of A Room in the Castle, written by Lauren M. Gunderson, directed by Kaja Dunn, co-produced with Cincinnati ...

We know plenty about Hamlet’s interior thoughts – his troubles and concerns. He spews them forth in his soliloquies. But what do we know about the women of Elsinore? Lauren M. Gunderson’s ...

It seems improbable to describe a production of “Hamlet” as buoyant, spirited and exhilarating. That’s just not how most directors tell the sad story of the Danish prince driven to distraction by his ...

Now premiering at Folger Theatre, A Room in the Castle focuses on the women: “The most brazen part of this whole play is I actually don’t give a shit about Hamlet.” Sign up for City Lights, our ...

Folger Theatre and the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company have announced the world-premiere production of A Room in the Castle, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet from the perspectives of the women ...

Thirty-two different versions of Hamlet, all printed before 1641, are held in the vaults of the Folger Shakespeare Library, in Washington, and other institutions—and all 32 are going digital with the ...