We live in troubled times. Crises, conflicts, and wars abound wherever you turn. A world order that was thought to be stable is being torn apart, familiar patterns of interpretation are called into question. Both today and in Hamlet's time, “something is rotten in the state.” Hamlet's father has been murdered and new allegiances are forged. Peace agreements are no longer valid: Denmark is once again at war with Norway. Amidst the unexpected death of his father and the reorganization of the known world order stands Hamlet, who finds it impossible to act in the face of the circumstances. He is stuck in his history, paralyzed by the expectations placed on him. He is asked to play roles that he never wanted to play. He does not know how to escape his role as son, prince, and avenging angel, how to carry out the mission he has been given. Faced with a world that is closing itself off, he plummets into moments of total powerlessness and paralysis, fear and grief – until he consciously goes mad.