It was all due to premiere as a stage play in May of this year.But because of the Covid-19 crisis, the production has moved to radio, with RTÉ Drama On One teaming up with Stage Beyond to use an array of online apps to record the cast during the lockdown.So imagine our cast, each player working from home on the phone, waiting for their cue to deliver this unique Hamlet for our times.
Cast and Production CreditsAdapted for the company by Colin Murphy.Directed by Conall Morrison.Performed by Stage Beyond Theatre Company.Original score by Si Schroeder.Oisín Kelly (Hamlet)Isobel Sharkey (Ophelia)Bryan Sutherland (Claudius)Bernie Shiels (Gertrude)Catherine Campbell (Horatia)Carol Glenn (Francisca)Alan Doherty (Guildenstern)Martin O’Hagan (Rosencrantz)Gary Quigley (Laertes & Jack Sceptred Isle)Tarrah Sharma (S S Sleeping Wolf)Frank Nelis & Shane Marron (the Gravediggers)Bernadette Foley (the Priest)Patrick O’Kane (the Ghost)Paul Clark (the Newsreader)Gorretti Slavin (the Courtier)Alison Mahoney (the Computer Voice)The Slavin family recorded the Derry chants,Other roles were played by members of the company.Assistant Director: Alison MahoneyThe Artistic Director of Stage Beyond is Dee ConaghanSound Supervision and Sound Design: Ruth Kennington & Damian ChennellsSpecial thanks to Lyndsay Martin, Brian Cash and Sinéad MurphyHamlet Prince of Derry, adapted by Colin Murphy, was produced by Kevin Brew.The Series Producer of Drama On One is Kevin Reynolds.The RTÉ Group Head of Drama & Comedy is Shane Murphy.First Broadcast Date : 26 July 2020.
It's a play I haven't heard as I post it, it's new, it's a stage production that has as a result of the time been quickly reconceived for radio production - I love seat of the pants productions that try. I love people who try. So here it is, sink or swim, plunge in with me.
It was amazing I really liked the play
ReplyDeleteI love the radio-drama format because it's cheap enough to do even big plays that would probably not get a full treatment on stage any more than once. Now this one is recorded for as long as it's available. I love that authors get to so directly put their ideas out without the major interference of producers, directors, set designers, costuming, etc. If someone wants to do a more conventional production from here on in, they have a better thing to go on than the words on the page and the "creative" input of producers and directors on the make for themselves. And the audience being one that isn't paying, I think, means the desire to get their business is less of an impact on the results.
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