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Acting
Burton's Hamlet is unhinged, vulnerable, and weirdly sexy.
Direction
Gielgud's minimalist staging lets the language weaponize itself.
Production
Dress rehearsal aesthetic = exposed scaffolding, raw nerves.
Director
Bill Colleran
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