Hamlet

After a quiet morning watching the Mariners sweep the Houston Astros, we once again headed to the Rexville-Blackrock Amphitheatre to see another performance of the Skagit Valley Shakespeare Northwest Festival Troupe. This afternoon's performance was of Hamlet. Son-in-law Scott is not in this one, but Granddaughter Claire has several small roles.

The ghost of Hamlet's father appeared above the cliff --

Claire's first appearance was as a member of the Players Troupe that Hamlet brings to enact his father's murder --

 

She then appears as Lucianus, enacting the murder as Death --

Later she appears as the Lady in Waiting for Queen Gertrude, Hamlet's mother --

Here kneeling to comfort Gertrude after she drinks from the poisoned chalice --

I had not seen Hamlet preformed before. Bjorn A Whitney, the young actor who played Hamlet was incredible. There is a great deal of talent in this troupe, some of whom we had seen earlier last fall in Witches, the Musical.