Cast - minimum 9 (4m 5w) to 30-odd
ISBN 0 9583392 5
Teachers' discount $17
RRP $22.50
Ophelia Thinks Harder
J. Betts & W. Shakespeare
This play has been extremely popular with schools, on the curriculum and regularly in production for many years.
Reviewers' comments include:-
"Hamlet is doctored with a mightly sharp blade to make this a fantastic farce to rival the best of Shakespeare's."
"This play has become a New Zealand classic, perfomed everywhere and a fixture on school and university curricula."
"History is rewritten, speeches reworked and best of all, the best lines go to an incredibly hard-thinking Ophelia."
"A passionate exploration of female myth and reality; patriarchy, marriage, the cult of the virgin - all get a right going-over."
"Energy, scope, intellectual challenge and triumphant theatricality. Perfect play pillaging."
Chapman Tripp Award Most Original Production
Finalist NZ Radio Drama Awards
Showcased Women Playwrights' Conference, Adelaide