Yorke’s 'Hamlet' is brilliantly rendered sacrilege

Many would proclaim a Radiohead-Shakespeare fusion a coming together of the two greatest miracles of consciousness. Others would roll their eyes. On Thursday 12 June, Stratford-upon-Avon’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre was packed with members of the first camp, including the Radiohead band members themselves. The frontman Thom Yorke had reconceptualised Hamlet, adapting the music from the band’s sixth album, Hail to the Thief.