Cover photo by Gilles Agegg from THE SHIFTING POINT

PETER BROOK'S HAMLET 2000

Adrian Lester

REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS

DATETITLE/Description
27/08/2001The Prince in the skin of a lionKate Bassett, Independent
26/08/2001 Robert Hewison, Sunday Times
24/08/2001 Michael Billington, Guardian
24/08/2001 Bard cut to the bone Benedict Nightingale, Times
23/08/2001 Brook makes a travesty of a tragedy Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph
23/08/2001Hamlet for the global village Patrick Marmion, Evening Standard
27/04/2001 'The Tragedy of Hamlet': Sweet Prince, You're a Scamp BEN BRANTLEY reviews performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music
26/04/2001 SHAKESPEARE BULLETIN Excerpt describing Adrian Lester's performance
08/04/2001 Two Hamlets Explore New Paths in an Old Terrain
Interview of Adrian Lester and Simon Russell Beale by Matt Wolf, New York Times
10/12/2000Is brevity the soul of wit?
Review by John Peter, London Sunday Times Note: at time of posting, no direct archive URL was available so use search facility for issue of 10 December, 2000
8/12/2000The tragedy of Horatio and Hamlet
If any director can rescue Hamlet from the routine and over-familiar it is Peter Brook. Paul Taylor saw his dazzling new production in Paris as it began its world tour and spoke to him about its powerful simplicity
4/12/2000Prince of protean possibility
Dominic Cavendish reviews Hamlet at Bouffes Du Nord, Paris
4/12/2000How I cut Hamlet down to size,
John Whitley talks to the acclaimed theatre guru about the evolution of his views on the play