The Secret Love Life of Ophelia

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The Secret Love Life of Ophelia is a play by Stephen Berkoff (1937-)[1].


The original text

A reworking of the Hamlet and Ophelia love story, viewed through a series of erotic love-letters. First performed at the King's Head Theatre, London, on 25 June 2001, and published in the same year by Faber and Faber.

Performances in South Africa

2005: Performed at the Baxter Theatre's Sanlam Studio from May 3 to 21. Directed by Fred Abrahamse, with Jenny Stead as Ophelia and Mark Elderkin as Hamlet.


See also Hamlet


Sources

http://entertainment.iafrica.com/artzine/theatre/previews/62623.html

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2001/jul/10/theatre.artsfeatures

http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-Love-Life-Ophelia/dp/0571209548

Cape Times, 5 May 2005.

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