Hamlet Redux

Two Korean Productions that Re-stage Shakespeare's Play between Tradition and Today

Authors

Jan Creutzenberg Freie Universität Berlin, Sungshin University

Abstract

This essay reviews two Korean appropriations of Hamlet that adapt Shakespeare's play to contemporary times, employing different traditional performing arts.

Author Biography

Jan Creutzenberg, Freie Universität Berlin, Sungshin University

Jan Creutzenberg has studied theater at Freie Universität Berlin, where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. about "Community in Contemporary Pansori Performances," while living in Seoul. He has published and presented on traditional performing arts, as well as on Brecht and Shakespeare in Korea, and contributed to the Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre. He writes about his research and other "performative" experiences on his blog seoulstages.wordpress.com.