KITCHEN HAMLET
WEST COAST PREMIERE
Filmmakers Daniel Elihu Kramer, Jeff Pence & Brian Kettler in attendance

Directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer
United States, 76 minutes
Drama
FRI OCT 14 @ 8:30PM | Salem Cinema
SAT OCT 15 @ 3:45PM | Salem Cinema

Hamlet, sworn to revenge by the ghost of his murdered father, struggles to cut himself off from those he loves in order to keep his promise. This contemporary telling of Shakespeare’s play finds poetry and tragedy in the everyday setting of an isolated country house. Visually evocative, deeply felt and stripped of false pomp, Kitchen Hamlet features a remarkable perfomance by Patrick Shaw as Hamlet. Shakespeare’s tale of a son in mourning is set in a world we recognize as our own and Hamlet is stripped down to its essence. Director Daniel Elihu Kramer, an award-winning stage director, brings a contemporary energy to Shakespeare’s language and cinematographer Mark Yeazel captures the lush promise of the world beyond the house and the deceptive depths of the world within. Removed from grand schemes of politics, Kitchen Hamlet provides a deep focus on Hamlet’s personal relationships, on family and on loss.

Filmography: First Feature