Globe Theatre Hamlet Announcement

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Shakespeares Globe is delighted to announce the worldwide Hamlettour

company, who start rehearsals today

4 March 2014

On 23 April 2014 the Globe opens its most ambitious tour yet: a two-year tour of Hamletthat

will visit every single country on earth. Sixteen extraordinary men and womenwill travel by

boat, train, jeep, tall ship, bus and aeroplane across the seven continents, performing in a

huge range of unique and atmospheric venuesfrom village squares to national theatres,

from palaces to beaches. Today they gathered together at the Globe for the very first

time to begin rehearsals.

The production is a fresh, pared-down version of Shakespeares classic tragedy of deferred

revenge. The company of twelve actors and four stage managers will use a completely

portable set to stage a Hamletthat celebrates all the exuberance and invention of

Shakespeares language in a brisk two hours and forty minutes. The production will be

directed by Dominic Dromgooleand Bill Buckhurst, designed by Jonathan Fensomand

composed by Bill Barclay.

The role of Hamlet will be shared by Ladi Emeruwaand Naeem Hayat. All other male and

female parts will be played in rotation byKeith Bartlett, John Dougall, Miranda Foster,

Phoebe Fildes, Beruce Khan, Tom Lawrence, Jennifer Leong, Rawiri Paratene,

Matthew Romain andAmanda Wilkin.

Ladi Emeruwa(Hamlet) was born in Nigeria and now divides his time between London and

Lagos, where his family are still based. He came to boarding school in England at the age of

10 and went on to study Law at the University of Bristol. Ladi is a recent graduate of LAMDA.

He starred as Brutus in LAMDAs Julius Caesarat Wiltons Music Halland on tour in Paris.

Naeem Hayat(Hamlet) grew up in East London. He gave up his job as a painter and

decorator to go to RADA, where he swiftly became one of his years star students. In his final

year at drama school he played the title role in Richard III during the GlobesSam

Wanamaker Festival.

Keith Bartletts (Claudius/Polonius) long and distinguished career has included Michael

Boyds Olivier Award-winning Histories Cycle with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Romeo

& Julietwith Headlong and Sam Mendes Glengarry Glen Rossat the Donmar. He recently

spent a year playing the Wizard of Oz in the West End musical Wicked.


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John Dougall(Claudius/Polonius) first went on the road with the English Shakespeare

Company 25 years ago and has been touring regularly ever since. He has performed and

toured extensively with the RSC, the Oxford Stage Company and Propeller. He is a long-standing Globe veteran, having performed inAnne Boleyn, Henry VIII, The Winters Tale,

Coriolanusand Measure for Measure.

Phoebe Fildes(Ophelia and others) is currently performing in the hit West End production of

Once the Musical at the Phoenix Theatre.

Miranda Foster(Gertrude and others) is the daughter of renowned stage and screen actor

Barry Foster and singer Judith Shergold. Although her parents discouraged her from

following in their footsteps, Miranda was bitten by the performance bug. In her first major role

she played Anne Page opposite Ben Kingsley in the BBC TV adaptation of The Merry Wives

of Windsor. She has since played Charmian to Judi Denchs Cleopatra and Cordelia to

Anthony Hopkins Lear at the National.

Beruce Khan (Horatio/Laertes/Rosencrantz/Guildenstern) is an English-Pakistani actor who

grew up in Sunderland. He made his Globe debut in Dominic Dromgooles Henry V. He is an

avid Sunderland fan and intends to wear his Sunderland football shirt in every country in the

world.

Tom Lawrence (Horatio/Laertes/Rosencrantz/Guildenstern) is the only cast member to have

also appeared in both the 2011 and 2012 tours of this production, playing six different roles

across nine countries. Tom is a founding member of the pioneering theatre company

Punchdrunk and performed major roles in all their early shows. He is also a talented tap

dancer.

Jennifer Leong(Ophelia and others) was born and educated in Hong Kong before coming

to the UK to study Politics, Psychology and Sociology at the University of Cambridge. She

trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and is a protge of the Tang Shu

Wing theatre company.

Actor and activist Rawiri Paratene (Claudius/Polonius) is best known as the star of the

Oscar-nominated filmWhale Rider. He is a great advocate for Maori language and cultureand for environmental issues in his native New Zealand. Rawiri toured the UK, Europe and

the Caribbean last year with the GlobesKing Lear, performed in the Maori production of

Troilus and Cressidaduring 2012s Globe to Globe Festival, and appeared in Romeo and

Julietat the Globe in 2009. In 2013 he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Meritfor

services to film, television and theatre.

Matthew Romain(Horatio/Laertes/Rosencrantz/Guildenstern) grew up in Maidenhead, the

son of two rabbis. He studied Philosophy at the University of Glasgow before realizing that

acting was the only thing he actually worked hard at. He then trained at the Bristol Old Vic


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Theatre School. Matthew toured the UK and the US with the Globes 2012 production of

Hamletand also recently appeared in The Recruiting Officerat the Donmar Warehouse.

Amanda Wilkin(Ophelia and others) made her Globe debut last year in The Tempestand

Gabriel. Amanda is of Jamaican heritage and grew up in Hackney. She is a jazz and blues

singer-songwriter who performs regularly at Ronnie Scotts in London.

NOTES FOR EDITORS

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