Luzerner Theater

Hamlet. Der Tag der Morde

Bernard-Marie Koltès

Swiss premiere

Director: Andreas Herrmann  
Costume: Birgit Künzler  
Lighting: Peter Weiss  
Dramaturgy: Heike Dürscheid

The well-known Shakespeare material in a newly discovered theatrical version from the estate of the French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltès. Koltès concentrates on the story of the four main characters: Hamlet, Ophelia, Claudius and Gertrud, who are entangled in the clutches of their disjointed world. Virtuosoly he plays with the famous tragedy and adds it to a new whole.

Luzern, Schweiz | 2009

Photography: Ingo Höhn