The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.0233  Monday, 11 June 2012

From:        Marilyn A. Bonomi < This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it >

Date:         June 8, 2012 5:16:48 PM EDT

Subject:     Yale Repertory Theatre to Mount Hamlet in 2013

I just got (rather belatedly) the schedule of productions for Yale Repertory Theatre.

Hamlet is scheduled March 15-April 13 2013.

Star of this production is Paul Giamatti.  Now I know he’s classically trained, having done his MFA at Yale School of Drama. And I know he’s done Shakespeare before, having seen him at Yale Rep doing Jaques probably 1993 or 94.

And certainly he’s both skilled and talented.

But somehow I cannot picture him as Hamlet.  John Adams, sure. Hamlet? Not so much. I wondered how others viewed this particular casting.  I am totally unaware of what “creative” perspective, if any, director (And Yale Rep Artistic Director) James Bundy will be bringing to the production.