An Act of Double Adaptation : Adapting Shakespeare's Hamlet to Theater Rotterdam's Hamlet de Familievøørstelling by Adapting the Genre of the British Pantomime

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Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)

Mulder, Anouk (2020)

An Act of Double Adaptation : Adapting Shakespeare's Hamlet to Theater Rotterdam's Hamlet de Familievøørstelling by Adapting the Genre of the British Pantomime

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)

This thesis establishes how Theater Rotterdam's Hamlet de Familievøørstelling (2018) successfully adapts the genre of the British Christmas Pantomime and simultaneously adapts Shakespeare's Hamlet. It shows furthermore how a Shakespeare adaptation can tap into new audiences through adaptation of the pantomime genre, displaying how valuable adaptations can be to reach new audiences.