Solo performance of Shakespeare's classic

Eddie Izzard will play 23 characters in a new one-person version of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in New York.

The new off-Broadway production has been adapted by the comic’s brother Mark Izzard and follows the success of their previous solo rendition of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations

The Izzards’ Hamlet will begin a six-week run at the Greenwich House Theatre on January 25.

Selena Cadell, who directed Izzard in Great Expectations, takes the same role here.

Announcing the new production, the comic said: ‘I have always gravitated towards playing complex and challenging characters and Hamlet is the ultimate

‘This is a production for everyone, a timeless drama with an accidental hero. Selina, Mark, and I want audiences to see and hear an accessible, touching, scary and dramatic Hamlet.’

Published: 28 Nov 2023