with the arrival
onstage of the veteran Jeremiah Kissel as the ghost of Hamlet's father,
the focus locks in on terror and awe. Aided by costume designer Clint
Ramos' stunning, larger-than-life, puppet-style, blood-drenched field
officer's uniform, and achieving a visceral vocal intensity I have
never before heard from him, Kissel cranks up the emotional volume to
the level the production will sustain throughout. Here, and in his
later cameos as the Player King and the First Gravedigger, Kissel to my
mind walks away with the acting prize.
----Patriot Ledger
 With Jeffrey Donovan
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