How Riz Ahmed Reimagined ‘Hamlet’ as a Contemporary Thriller: ‘We Want to Democratize Shakespeare’

Riz Ahmed thinks Shakespearean scholars don’t get what makes Hamlet tick. The Danish prince, hesays, isn’t on the verge of suicide in his “To be or not to be” soliloquy — he’s trying to man up. “It’s not ‘Should I end it all?’” says Ahmed, who speaks the iconic lines in a new “Hamlet” that […]