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Ophelia
ophelia
Ophelia © Florin Ghioca, courtesy of International
Shakespeare Festival Craiova





From Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- The death of his lover Ophelia - 

The purple sky that the drowned Ophelia sees from the bottom of the water of despair.
The grey deceased Hamlet stabs the shadow and kills death.
Water reflects heaven.

Dead water is the only eternal love.
Saburo Teshigawara


European premiere: 29 May 2022, International Shakespeare Festival, Craiova (RO)
Initially staged on 17 June, 2017, Karas Apparatus, Tokyo (JP)


Direction, lighting design: Saburo Teshigawara
Artistic Collaborator: Rihoko Sato
Costume: Saburo Teshigawara, Rihoko Sato
Music Compilation: Saburo Teshigawara
Dance: Saburo Teshigawara, Rihoko Sato
Production: KARAS
Production, touring: Richard Castelli - Epidemic (Richard Castelli, Mélanie Roger, Florence Berthaud)

Duration: 60 minutes