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STAGE REVIEW

An accessible and entertaining ‘Hamlet’

By Terry Byrne
Globe Correspondent / November 17, 2011

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Red, the color of blood and passion, dominates the stage in the Gamm Theatre’s breathtaking “Hamlet.’’ Director Fred Sullivan Jr. returns to the play he directed in 1997 for the Gamm Theatre (then known as the Alias Stage) with Tony Estrella reprising the title role. Fourteen years of experience - with each other, the stage, and the play - pays off in spades for a “Hamlet’’ that celebrates the Bard’s rich language while making his characters, and their struggles, extraordinarily accessible.

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HAMLET Play by William Shakespeare

Directed by Fred Sullivan Jr. Set, Patrick Lynch. Costumes, Marilyn Salvatore. Lighting, Matthew Terry. Fight choreography, Normand Beauregard.

At: the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, 172 Exchange St., Pawtucket, R.I., through Dec. 11. Tickets: $34-$42. 401-723-4266, www.gammtheatre.org