A Little Hamlet

comedy · the crescent troupe · Ages 13+ · United States of America

family friendly
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Review by TERRY ANNE HOLZMAN

June 22, 2016
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tagged as: kids theatre · clever · silly fun

What I liked

Fast-moving and fun. I loved seeing what it might be like during the creation of one of William Shakespeare’s plays (here, it’s “Hamlet”). Though this is not “Shakespeare in Love” it’s very clever about how the play “might” have come about. Very silly at times, but when the troupe explained at the end that they write these mini-plays, go into schools with them to introduce kids to Shakespeare, I “got it” and was happy I saw it.

What I didn't like

At times I was a little confused about what was going on and which character was which, but I rolled with it….

My overall impression

Liked it and happy it was a 30-minute production. Thought it was a great idea to take these short plays into schools (as this troupe does) to introduce a Shakespeare play to kids. But there was enough going on in a wink-wink sort of way to keep adults engaged!

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