David Lawrence is director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company he founded in 2000 to explore text-based theatre and redefine classic works. His most recent production was Richard III, last month, and he is on the board of Summer Shakespeare. His next production is Where There's a Will by John Smythe at BATS (8-18 April). In the first of a series of discussions, David will discuss Shakespeare's best-known play, Hamlet.