Name: Bernhardt/Hamlet
Start: 2018-08-31 20:00:00
End: 2018-11-18 20:00:00
Location: Todd Haimes Theatre

"So clever it uplifts, so timely it hurts."
Jesse Green, The New York Times

Bernhardt/Hamlet Video

"Deserves to be seen twice and revived often!”

Robert Hofler, The Wrap

A man in a tux with a tailcoat points a finger and approaches a startled woman with very short blonde curly hair wearing a dressing gown — Jason Butler Harner and Janet McTeer
©2018 Joan Marcus

A woman with short curly blond hair wearing a white Shakespearean blouse and black trousers straddles a marble bench and speeks to a woman in a fancy Shakespearean dress who kneels next to the bench. — Janet McTeer and Brittany Bradford
©2018 Joan Marcus

A woman with very short curly blonde hair wears a white Shakespearean blouse with a frilly collar and black trousers. — Janet McTeer
©2018 Joan Marcus

A woman with very short curly blonde hair wears a fancy gold and black Shakespearean dress and a square, black pendant necklace. — BernhardtHamlet0256r.jpg
©2018 Joan Marcus

A woman with very short curly blonde hair in a white Shakespearean blouse and black trousers sits and compassionately clasps the hand of a man dressed as a Shakespearean knight. — Dylan Baker and Janet McTeer
©2018 Joan Marcus

Mark Twain wrote: “There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses. And then there is Sarah Bernhardt.”

In 1897, the international stage celebrity set out to tackle her most ambitious role yet: Hamlet. Theresa Rebeck’s new play rollicks with high comedy and human drama, set against the lavish Shakespearean production that could make or break Bernhardt’s career. Janet McTeer, “one of the finest classical actresses of her generation” (The Telegraph), brings the legendary leading lady to life.

Sarah Bernhardt: Janet McTeer
Constant Coquelin: Dylan Baker
Edmond Rostand: Jason Butler Harner
Alfonse Mucha: Matthew Saldivar
Maurice: Nick Westrate
Louis: Tony Carlin
Rosamund: Ito Aghayere
Lysette: Brittany Bradford
Raoul: Aaron Costa Ganis
Francoise: Triney Sandoval
Ensemble, u/s Edmond Rostand, Maurice: Matthew Amendt
Ensemble, u/s Lysette, Rosamond: Jenelle Chue
Ensemble, u/s Sarah Bernhardt: Kate Levy
Ensemble, u/s Alphonse Mucha, Raoul, Francois: Chris Thorn

Set Designer: Beowulf Boritt
Costume Designer: Toni-Leslie James
Lighting Designer: Bradley King
Original Music and Sound Design: Fitz Patton
Hair & Wig Designer: Matthew Armentrouth
Dialect Consultant: Stephen Gabis
Fight Consultant: Robert Westley
Playwright: Theresa Rebeck
Director: Moritz von Stuelpnagel

A Roundabout commission.

Roundabout's work with new and emerging playwrights and directors, as well as development of new work, is made possible by Kathryn Patterson and Tom Kempner.