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THE ABBEY THEATRE will see a Great Dane take to its stage next week as ‘Rehearsal, Playing the Dane’ comes to the stage.
The first act of the play, which deconstructs Shakespeare’s Hamlet, will see audience members vote between three different actors – one of whom will perform as the Danish Prince in the second half.
Why is there a dog in it? Difficult to explain (we give it a go in the video) but, according to the creative team behind the show, the canine becomes part of the intertextual subtext of the performance.
‘Rehearsal, Playing the Dane’, plays the Abbey Theatre 23 to 26 May.
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This is crazy , why isn’t the role of great Dane given to a cat .
@Clinton Baptiste: This is speciest! And my comment got a 4.6 for being toxic!
@Andrew Eager: It’s a dog’s life .
That comment got a 3.9 , without the full stop , it was 4.6 , who knew the lack of a full stop could be so toxic .
The editorial staff at the journal are a joke now .
Alas poor Rover, I knew him ….
I presume this dog will be getting equal pay as all other actors?? Possibly even the main draw..
“and a bit with a dog”… ;-)
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