written by Sam Bobrick

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November 10-12, 7pm

Student Theater at Agganis Arena $7

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Boston University Shakespeare Society presents Hamlet II: Better Than the Original, a comedy written by Sam Bobrick. Join us as we explore William Shakespeare's Hamlet through this funny adaptation that has a happier ending (well...kind of). 

Hamlet, a moody and bitter 30-year-old teenager, tries to avenge the ghost of his father by killing his stepfather (and uncle) King Claudius. Throw in a promiscuous Ophelia, frat boys who can't get it right, and a lusty cougar mom, it's all the same characters you remember reading about in high school, but with new and interesting twists.

Director: Rabiah Rowther
Technical Director: Alexia Chiclana

CAST

Hamlet:      Madeleine O'Keefe
Claudius:      Sydney Romo
Gertrude:      Rachel Jiang
Polonius:      Erin Sandy
Ophelia:      Claire Doire
Laertes:         Liam McParland
Rosencrantz/Gravedigger:    Katya Leidig
Guildenstern:      Julia Martorell
Horatio:        Luciano Cesta
Ghost:            Marianne Walters
Francisco:      Libby James
Bernardo:         Nicole Wilkinson

Email any questions to bard@bu.edu