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PRE-ORDER Hamlet National Theatre 2025 Playtext

PRE-ORDER Hamlet National Theatre 2025 Playtext

£10.99
£10.99
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This Penguin edition is exclusive to the National Theatre Bookshop and features a bespoke cover.

By purchasing this play, you are placing a pre-order with us. We will ship out your play after the publication date. We expect this to be 10th October. 

The play’s the thing’ 

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Are you watching closely? Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one. 

This edition is published to coincide with the National Theatre’s production of Hamlet, opening in the Lyttelton Theatre in autumn 2025. Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (The Father and the Assassin, Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.

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Details

This Penguin edition is exclusive to the National Theatre Bookshop and features a bespoke cover.

By purchasing this play, you are placing a pre-order with us. We will ship out your play after the publication date. We expect this to be 10th October. 

The play’s the thing’ 

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Are you watching closely? Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one. 

This edition is published to coincide with the National Theatre’s production of Hamlet, opening in the Lyttelton Theatre in autumn 2025. Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (The Father and the Assassin, Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.