Hamlet: Eddie Izzard’s Great Dane (Review)
metroweekly.comHamlet.She pulls it off with great intelligence and careful precision in a two-and-a-half-hour production that whizzes by faster than a perceived phantom.
From the troubled Danish prince to the forlorn Ophelia and even a cockney gravedigger, Izzard tackles 23 characters with sophisticated panache and effortless flair.Izzard, who has had an impressive career in London and New York, both onstage and in film, and as an actor and stand-up comedian, admitted to ABC News that she is not the most likely person for a solo Hamlet, but has decided to return to her first love, drama.In the same interview, it was revealed that Izzard ran 32 marathons in 31 days on a treadmill during lockdown.
No doubt that this was excellent training for her dalliance with the Bard. In the intimate Greenwich House Theater, Izzard uses the entire stage and, sometimes, passes through the aisles to become an audience member.This is a particularly effective moment as Hamlet watches his Uncle Claudius squirm.
A group of players has arrived at the castle to perform a play that depicts the murder of Hamlet’s father, committed at the hands of his power-thirsty Uncle.Later, Izzard, as both Hamlet and Laertes, engages in a smartly crafted sword fight orchestrated by fight director J.
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