But in Mr. Moayed’s performance, he’s also an unusually well-behaved Hamlet, deferential to the point of meekness. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAnd then he meets the ghost of his dead father (Barzin Akhavan), in that classic awakening-of-conscience scene, given an extra spin of guilt here. The next time we see Hamlet, he will have forsaken his Western mourning weeds for traditional Iranian garb. And every so often, especially in moments of passion, Hamlet will speak not in English but in Persian. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyFor those unfamiliar with “Hamlet,” such bilingualism may make the production difficult to follow.

Source: New York Times May 22, 2017 21:00 UTC