‘Hail to the Thief’, Radiohead’s 2003 album, is one of the least remembered in their discography. Perhaps he has gone down in history for his openly political and combative concept, not so much for his innovation or for putting together the best sequence of songs of his career; two factors that could have occurred in a single Radiohead album, although not in this one.
However, ‘Hail to the Thief’ will now be the subject of a curious review, as its songs will be brought to the theater. Specifically, ‘Hail to the Thief’ will be the basis of a new production of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’, which can be seen in Manchester from next spring, first at the Aviva Studios in Manchester from April 27 to April 18. May and then at the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon, from June 4 to 28, confirms The Guardian.
Thom Yorke himself, recently involved with The Smile, his parallel band, will participate in the project directly, adapting the songs from ‘Hail to the Thief’ to this new context. Yorke has stated that he finds the project a “challenge” and that it “intimidates” him, but he added that he is curious to see how the music of ‘Hail to the Thief’ will “collide with the action and text” of the film. Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Of course, behind the production of this new work of ‘Hamlet’ brought to the world of Radiohead, or vice versa, is a fan of the British band. Christine Jones, co-producer of the work with Steven Hoggett, has declared that ‘Hail to the Thief’ changed her life and has pointed out that, in fact, many of the songs on the album “identify with the themes of the work.” » by Shakespeare. According to her, “the drama evokes the album, and the album evokes the work.”
‘Hail to the Thief’ was one of the least represented albums on the list of the 50 best Radiohead songs made by JENESAISPOP in 2018. Specifically, ‘There There’ appeared at number 32, and ‘2 + 2 = 5 ‘ in 34.
