Five acts in search of a murderous prince
Starring Ian McKellen, John Shrapnel, Ben Turner, Lex Shrapnel, Gabriella Wright, Jacques Derrida, Dominique Pinon and Martha Parsey. Written and directed by Ken McMullen. Produced by Art Cinema, Scape Productions and Twenty One Productions.
Hamlet Within is a radical cinematic investigation into the myth of Hamlet, its origins and its enduring appeal across cultures and systems of beliefs. Drawing on post-modernist movements in Art, History, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis the work asks the question’why Hamlet’? and indeed ‘why now’?
