Hamlet Machine

Set and Lighting

Author: Heiner Müller

Set Design Class for D.B. Clarke Theatre

Supervised by Amy Keith

“The play is constituted of scenes. The whole text is roughly nine pages long. The script itself is extremely dense and open to interpretation; recurring themes include feminism and the ecology movement. The play originated in relation to a translation of Shakespeare's Hamlet that Müller undertook. Some critics claim the play problematizes the role of intellectuals during the East German Communism era; others argue that the play should be understood in relation to wider post-modern concepts.” A description from Wikipedia.

My Design Metaphor: A Drop of Ink

1/4" = 1'-0" 3D Model

Handicraft, Laser cut, and 3D printing