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To avenge his father, whose ghost reveals to him the murder by his uncle, Hamlet feigns madness; when one is haunted, how can one not lose one's footing?<div> Why is Hamlet a tragedy? It certainly doesn't lie in Ophelia's madness or the numerous deaths that punctuate the play. These events are merely the consequences of a primary and destructive act.</div><div><br></div><div> The tragedy is rooted much more in the betrayal of the elders, in this uncle who kills the father, flouting the laws of this great kingdom of Denmark; in this mother who does not revolt in the face of this infamous act; in this Polonius who no longer sees the world as it has become.</div><div><br></div><div> The story of Hamlet reveals that the inconsistency of generations in power reflects on the youth in the making.</div><div><br></div><div> And in the invisible part of this play, the wandering specter reminds us of History to tell us that to govern is to project one's thoughts and actions from the past.</div><div><br></div><div> Paul Desveaux</div><div><br></div><div> Translation by Jean-Michel Déprats</div><div> Set design by Paul Desveaux</div><div> Choreography by Jean-Marc Hoolbecq</div><div> Video by Véronique Caye</div><div> Lighting by Laurent Schneegans</div><div> Costumes by Baptiste Znamenak</div>