The Al-Hamlet Summit: A Political Arabesque

Presents a re-working of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' set in the Middle East. The setting of this version of the 'Hamlet' story is a modern Middle-Eastern state whose old king has just died, to be replaced by his brother, a ruthless, westernised dictator who has married the old king's wife to legitimise his rule, and calls his regime a 'new democracy'.