In 1710, a mysterious slapstick German Hamlet was found in the archives of a German monastery. The Hidden Room Theatre has worked with Oxford University’s Tiffany Stern to re-create this historic eccentric event as it may have originally been performed: a puppet show. The marionette show, suitable for scholars and children alike, employs on-stage narrators who perform all the voices, the music and all sound effects for the show. The 18th century German version includes additional comic characters and scenes but the show will be performed in English. Acting as a laboratory for Professor Stern’s research, the Hidden Room uses a new English translation by Christine Schmidle with puppets created by Mystery Bird Puppet Show and styled and costumed by Jennifer Davis to imagine the staging conditions of an early 18th century puppet play.                                                                                                                                                                         31st May, Shakespeare’s Globe, 4pm and 7pm (7pm performance introduced by Tiffany Stern)