
What if nothing you thought you knew about Shakespeare’s Hamlet was true?
What if no one saw the ghost, but only pretended they did?
What if the uncle didn’t do it, but the servants know who did?
And what if the one man who lived through it all….wasn’t a man at all?
A humorous re-imagining of the Bard’s melancholy Dane, with the upstairs/downstairs energy of Downton Abbey.
Keywords: women, history, female friendship, revenge, comedy, duel, mistaken identity, enemies to lovers
Genre: Comedy
Run time: 70 minutes
Suitable for students 14+
Content notes: Contains swearing, references to violence, simulated violence onstage
Cast size: 6 actors
Male roles: 2
Female roles: 4
Trans/Non-Binary/Gender Non-Conforming Roles: 2