Last week, Indhu Rubasingham launched her inaugural programme as the National Theatre’s director with a modern revision of a Greek classic. This Shakespearean classic now marks the maiden voyage for Robert Hastie as the venue’s new deputy artistic director. View image in fullscreen An astonishing portrayal … Francesca Mills as Ophelia, front, and Tessa Wong as Horatio. Hamlet has been played as an outright comedy before, in Sean Holmes’s 2022 production at Shakespeare’s Globe. View image in fullscreen Fluid … Hiran Abeysekera (Hamlet), Tom Glenister (Laertes) and Mary Higgins (Osric) in Hamlet.