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Shakespeare's Villains - Claudius

Anna Griffiths looks at a costume design for Mark Dignam’s Claudius in the 1958 production of Hamlet at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.

Shakespeare’s Villains is a series of blogs by Finding Shakespeare and our education team. This week is our penultimate villain and we are focusing on Hamlets villainous King Claudius.

Access and Interpretation Coordinator, Anna Griffiths, is looking at a costume design for Mark Dignam’s Claudius in the 1958 production at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.

Pictures of Claudius from RSC performances can be viewed in our Flickr gallery, and don’t forget to check out yesterday’s Claudius post by the Education Team at Blogging Shakespeare.