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Shakespearean directors could learn from this: the National Theatre’s Hamlet for 8- to 12-year-olds reviewed

Plus: all moral uncertainty has been effaced from Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird – which is odd for a play about ethics

Child’s play: the cast of Hamlet for younger audiences at the Dorfman Theatre. Credit: © Ellie Kurttz
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  • Hamlet

    Dorfman Theatre

  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    Gielgud Theatre, until 19 November

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