"Since it was penned more than four hundred years ago, Shakespeare's "Hamlet" has been in production nearly continuously, and has been adapted in many ways."
"They discuss the new film "Hamnet," directed by Chloé Zhao, which recasts the writing of "Hamlet" as Shakespeare's response to the death of his child; Tom Stoppard's absurdist play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"; Michael Almereyda's "Hamlet" (2000), which presents the protagonist as a melancholy film student home from college; and other adaptations."
""I think it endures because every generation has its version of the incomprehensible," Cunningham says. "It's not just death-it's politics, it's society. Everybody has to deal with their own version of 'This does not make sense and yet it is.'""
Since its composition more than four hundred years ago, Shakespeare's Hamlet has been produced nearly continuously and adapted in many ways. The new film Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao, recasts the writing of Hamlet as Shakespeare's response to the death of his child. Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead reimagines the story as absurdist theatre. Michael Almereyda's 2000 film presents Hamlet as a melancholy film student home from college. Productions such as Kenneth Branagh's 1996 version, John Gielgud's 1964 Hamlet, and Robert Icke's 2017 and 2022 adaptations demonstrate the play's formal and interpretive flexibility. The story persists because each generation confronts its own incomprehensible—death, politics, and societal confusion.
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