Hamlet 2019 teaser(s)!

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Update 24 May: have added Simon Godwin's endorsement for Okada Masaki's Hamlet and also a snippet of the Hamlet show in Bunkamura



Well, isn't it about time! I missed this announcement today because of work, BUT now that I finally watched the Bunkamura Hamlet 2019 teaser, I have to put it here! It's a short teaser and thus a very short post for now. But I will populate this post with more teasers as we march closer to May. Well, okay, it's still 5 months or so away, but tomorrow is February already, so you know... time flies!

Meanwhile, enjoy Okada Masaki as the charming but troublesome Hamlet!

Update 24 May 2019

The following is Simon Godwin's encouraging comment on Okada Masaki's Hamlet:



And this is a snippet of the Hamlet show, a promotion for Osaka's show. I wish the announcer didn't talk over Masaki's dialogs, but hey, better than not!

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