Hamlet
ISC RADIO SHAKESPEARE LAB
Cast for the Recordings
Facilitated and directed by Emma Rosa Went. Dramaturgy by Isabel Smith-Bernstein. Assistant directed by Harrison Densmore. Edited, with music composed & performed by Ariana Karp, Artistic Director.
Olivia Rose Barresi as Laertes
William Cary as Rosencrantz & 1st Gravedigger
Zoë Goslin as Ophelia & Osric
Patrick Harvey as Claudius
Colin Holmes as Polonius & Captain
Ariana Karp as Gertrude
Finn Kilgore as Francisco, Fortinbras, Messenger, & Priest
Julia Larsen as Hamlet
Andrea Lopez Alvarez as Bernardo, Reynaldo, Cornelius, & Player Queen
Joe McGurl as Ghost & Player King
Erin Noll as Guildenstern & 2nd Gravedigger
Tim Palmer as Marcellus, Voltemand, Lucianus, & Ambassador
Else C. Went as Horatio
“But look, the morn in russet mantle clad,
Walks o’re the dew of yon high eastward hill”
Tabling: Hamlet
Links to the discussions that the cast had in preparation for the recordings. You can subscribe to Radio Shakespeare Lab and Tabling: The Podcast on any of your favorite podcasting platforms!
“I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a King of infinite space; were it not that I have bad dreams.”
iReadShakespeare Resources
A wonderful resource and support page for readers and those looking for further information on Shakespeare’s plays.
Hamlet Readers Page A plethora of resources!
Hamlet Character Chart Shows which scenes each of the characters appears in and how many lines they have in each scene.
The Radio Play
Originally released on Radio Shakespeare Lab, February 16 through March 2, 2021. Each track is a scene from Hamlet, voiced by actors from across the country and includes sound effects and original music. The act and scene breaks are based on the 1623 Folio.
“Be thou assur’d, if words be made of breath,
And breath of life: I have no life to breath
What thou hast said to me.”