Gertrude – The Cry
Howard Barker reworks Hamlet from the perspective of Queen Gertrude, focusing on the mother of Prince Hamlet.
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Howard Barker reworks Hamlet from the perspective of Queen Gertrude, focusing on the mother of Prince Hamlet.
In Barker's retelling of the Judith and Holofernes story, Judith discovers strong feelings for the general she is expected to kill, complicating the meaning of her sacrifice.
In the aftermath of the Battle of Lepanto, the Venetian state commissions artist Galactia to paint its victory over the Turks. Her vision conflicts with the expectations of the Doge and the Catholic Church.
After seven years in the Crusades, Stucley returns to find a matriarchal society in England. He tries to restore patriarchy and Christianity, commissioning a castle and a new sect, while conflict grows between the men and women of the land.
In a barber shop, a survivor of the Athenian defeat in Sicily brings news of the disaster to a barber who is initially silent. The play is loosely based on Thucydides’ account of the 413 BCE expedition.
During the dissolution of the English monasteries, the arrival of the novice Loftus, whose belief is unsullied, challenges the corrupt practices of the abbey's priests.
Howard Barker reworks Hamlet from the perspective of Queen Gertrude, focusing on the mother of Prince Hamlet.
In Barker's retelling of the Judith and Holofernes story, Judith discovers strong feelings for the general she is expected to kill, complicating the meaning of her sacrifice.
In the aftermath of the Battle of Lepanto, the Venetian state commissions artist Galactia to paint its victory over the Turks. Her vision conflicts with the expectations of the Doge and the Catholic Church.
After seven years in the Crusades, Stucley returns to find a matriarchal society in England. He tries to restore patriarchy and Christianity, commissioning a castle and a new sect, while conflict grows between the men and women of the land.
In a barber shop, a survivor of the Athenian defeat in Sicily brings news of the disaster to a barber who is initially silent. The play is loosely based on Thucydides’ account of the 413 BCE expedition.
During the dissolution of the English monasteries, the arrival of the novice Loftus, whose belief is unsullied, challenges the corrupt practices of the abbey's priests.