This latest version of Hamlet begins with a death ritual. Riz Ahmed, as the title character, washes his father's body, surrounded by his uncle, Claudius, and other men as a Hindu priest recites from ...

Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy finds new life in Aneil Karia’s fierce, full-blooded adaptation, set in present-day London’s vibrant South Asian community. Anchored by a resonant and complex ...

William Shakespeare left no instructions as to the right way future dramatists should tell "Hamlet." We have only the text, which reveals fresh insights each time someone new recites it. With director ...

Telluride: Aneil Karia does an effective job of setting the classic text among South Asian characters in London, but Ahmed's fittingly excessive performance is the star of the show. Whenever a new ...

IT'S all aboard the good ship Elsinore for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production of Hamlet, in which director Rupert Goold situates the action not on Danish soil but on an ocean-going ...