Last Friday, 14th February, our two classes of batxillerat went to the theatre in Tarragona. We went to Teatre Metropol to watch a version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet by the company ‘Les Mirones’. We caught the bus from behind the school at 8.50, and the play started at 10.10.

The complete version of Hamlet usually takes longer than four hours: it’s composed of five acts. This version for secondary schools was a bit longer than one hour. The actors wore casual, contemporary dresses, which was OK, but it somehow made it difficult to identify some of the characters.

The level of English was understandable for most of our students, but some parts were missed under the sound conditions. Fortunately, we didn’t miss the famous soliloquy ‘To be or not to be’, the also famous tirade of ‘Words, words, words’ by Hamlet, nor Yorik’s skull by the graveyard.

We hope everybody enjoyed themselves and will be interested in seeing other versions of this masterwork from Shakespeare’s genius. The day was sunny and the weather was mild. We still had time to come back to the school for the last two classes of the day.