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4th July 7pm
Wyspiański: Hamlet Study and The Death of Ophelia
Round table discussion/extracts from Hamlet Study/semi-staged Death of Ophelia in Sam Wanamaker Playhouse – world premiere
Two VIP ticket and drinks for Wyspiański: Hamlet Study and The Death of Ophelia, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
The Festival
Trade, diplomatic and cultural exchanges between Poland and England date back to medieval times. Polish is now England’s second most spoken language. Shakespeare’s Globe’s upcoming festival will celebrate Poland’s particular affinity and fascination with Shakespeare’s plays. It includes a visit from the remarkable Song of the Goat Theatre Company with a rare opportunity to see their Songs of Lear, and a ‘performance with scripts’ of the first play to have been written in Polish, Jan Kochanowski’s The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys.
The festival is presented with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute, the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw, the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, the Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre, Song of the Goat Theatre, Wrocław, the Polish Book Institute and His Excellency Arkady Rzegocki, the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, and Mrs Jolanta Rzegocka.
The Event
Wyspiański: Hamlet Study and The Death of Ophelia
Called the Leonardo da Vinci of Poland, Wyspiański was a playwright, poet, painter, stained-glass artist and theatre designer. His one-act play The Death of Ophelia (1905) and his Hamlet Study (1904) have been translated into English for the first time especially for the Festival and to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth,
The evening will include a semi-staged performance of The Death of Ophelia with extracts from Hamlet Study, read by Globe actors.
Dariusz Kocinski will join translators Barbara Bogoczek and Tony Howard, and provide an introduction to the life and works of the extraordinary artist in a discussion chaired by Patrick Spottiswoode.
The Prize
Two VIP tickets to the World Premiere of Wyspiański: Hamlet Study and The Death of Ophelia, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse on the 4th July 2019, 7pm.
Complimentary drinks
