Thom Yorke Adapts 2003 Radiohead Album, “Hail To The Thief,” for a New Production of Shakespeare's Hamlet

“This is an interesting and intimidating challenge …!”, Thom Yorke of Radiohead wrote today about an ambitious project: taking the 2003 album Hail to the Thief and adapting it for a new production of Hamlet. The project is called Hamlet Hail to the Thief, featuring William Shakespeare’s iconic text along with the songs of Hail to the Thief, which Yorke has orchestrated and “remolded” for 20 musicians and actors. Per the press release from the band, “Thom has worked with designer & director Christine Jones and director & choreographer Steven Hoggett to create a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The songs from Hail To The Thief have been deconstructed and remoulded into a score to serve the play, to be performed by live…

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