Keegan-Michael Key & Charlayne Woodard Star In 'Hamlet'

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 26, 2017

Actors Keegan-Michael Key and Charlayne Woodard discuss their starring roles in a new production of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at the Public Theater. Key plays Hamlet’s friend Horatio, and Woodard plays Hamlet’s mother Queen Gertrude in the classic story of a murdered king, a tormented prince and an uncle who assumes the throne.

“Hamlet” runs through Sept. 3 at the Public Theater (425 Lafayette St.). 

Phoebe Robinson guest hosted this segment of "The Leonard Lopate Show."

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