A Taste of Shakespeare

Hamlet

Cast and Key Production Personnel

 

Claudius/Ghost/Polonius	Brian Tree
Gertrude/Laertes/Gravedigger	Tanja Jacobs
Hamlet	Eric Weinthal
Ophelia/Horatio	Karyn Dwyer
Director	Dug Rotstein
Producer/Director	Eric Weinthal
Adaptation and Narration	Eric Weinthal & Ada Craniford
Executive Producers	Ada & Doug Craniford
Director of Photography	Alan Lennox
Gaffer	Tom Durnan
Costume & Prop Design	Teresa Przybylski
Music Composed & Produced	David Hind-Smith
Make-up	Barbara Barkey

 

 

SOME FACTS ABOUT OUR ACTORS

BRIAN TREE (Shylock in MERCHANT, The Fool in LEAR, Friar Lawrence in ROMEO, Claudius and Polonius in HAMLET and Theseus in DREAM) has performed in fourteen seasons at the Stratford Festival, where he has appeared in over forty-five productions of Shakespeare's plays.

Dora-award winning TANJA JACOBS (Gertrude, Laertes & Gravedigger in HAMLET) has performed to acclaim in dozens of plays across Canada.

KAREN DWYER (Ophelia & Horario in HAMLET) starred in the feature film BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE.

Key Creative Personnel

TERESA PRZYBYLSKI (Production Design, Costume Design: DREAM, HAMLET) is an architect and designer for opera, theatre, dance and film, including productions at Stratford, Shaw, Canadian Opera Company, National Arts Centre, Théâtre Français de Toronto, and Native Earth. She is the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore Awards.

ERIC WEINTHAL (series creator) has written dozens of television shows, directed a few and been a story editor. The Toronto International Film Festival hired him to be Screenwriting Mentor to six screenwriters across the country. Eric’s first feature film as a writer/director played at film festivals, theatrically and on television. He was commissioned to write a book and a television series. Eric sings, writes music and acts, and is writing a play and a musical.

ADA CRANIFORD (series creator) holds a Ph.D in Renaissance Studies and wrote her doctoral thesis on Biblical allusions in Shakespeare's comedies. She has taught English and Drama at universities and high schools. She has just published a book entitled “Mordecai Richler: A Life in Ten Novels”.

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