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The
Man Who Was Hamlet
Written by George Dillon with dramaturgy by Pip Utton.
GEORGE
DILLON (Berkoff’s Graft & The Gospel of
Matthew) teams up with director DENISE EVANS and musician
CHARLOTTE GLASSON to create Vital Theatre's 8th production.
New
tour dates for 2009 have just been announced, please visit
the following website for details:
www.georgedillon.com/theatre/the_man_who_was_hamlet.shtml
“In this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell
my story.”
(Hamlet / Edward de Vere)
Strikingly
echoing the story and character of Hamlet, scandal and tragedy
plagued the life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, courtier,
swordsman, adventurer, playwright and poet.
He
killed a servant, abandoned his wife, got his mistress with
child, travelled in Italy, was captured by pirates, fought
the Armada, was imprisoned in The Tower of London, maimed
in a duel and died virtually bankrupt.
He was also hailed as the best of the secret court writers
but his work stopped appearing under his own name after the
invention of... ‘William Shake-speare’.
“O God! What a wounded name,
Things standing thus unknown, I leave behind me!”
So
was de Vere the inspiration for Hamlet...or was he really
the author?
And what was the role played by Shakspere, the tax-dodging
merchant of Stratford?
“I
am dead: Thou livest;
Report me and my cause aright
To the unsatisfied.”
A monstrous apparition comes with a dramatic story to tell
and the name 'Shake-speare' will never sound the same again,
after award-winning performer George Dillon explores the Shakespeare
Authorship Question.
George
spoke on Hamlet, Oxford and the Italian Rapier at the
Autumn meeting of the De Vere Society on 27th September at
Brunel University, and will be speaking on The Man Who
Was Hamlet at the Catalyst Club in Brighton on Thursday
9th October.
For
further information, please visit:
www.georgedillon.com
www.newventure.org.uk
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