Presenting both of these plays feels like a search for...

Presenting both of these plays feels like a search for simplicity and a communal experience involving the actors and the audience. Language ? contemporary or Shakespearean ? is important for me. Hamlet is a step on from, say, Lear. It's more anachronistic in places, more eclectic. There's a coherence at work here but one accompanied by a series of small, dramatic explosions.