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Oscar Nominee Ruth Negga to Play Hamlet at St. Ann's Warehouse

Yaël Farber directs the production.

Ruth Negga as Hamlet at Dublin's Gate Theatre.
Ruth Negga as Hamlet at Dublin's Gate Theatre.
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St. Ann's Warehouse has announced its 2019-2020 season.

The season kicks off November 13-December 1 with Thomas Ostermeier and Schaubühne Berlin's production of Édouard Louis's History of Violence, about the trauma of a desire-filled encounter turned violent. It will be presented in German with English subtitles. Daniel Kitson's Keep will follow in its American premiere, running December 4-19.

Oscar nominee Ruth Negga will make her American theatrical debut in Yaël Farber's production of Shakespeare's Hamlet, a production of Dublin's Gate Theatre. Performances start February 1, 2020. Lastly, St. Ann's will restage Good Chance Theatre's The Jungle, which played a sold-out run in late 2018. Written by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, the play is directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin.