It is not the first time Barker took an existing play as the basis for a reworking .
Gertrude -- The Cry is Howard Barker 's reworking of Shakespeare 's Hamlet , focusing on the character of Gertrude , the mother of the protagonist in Shakespeare 's play .
It is not the first time Howard Barker took an existing play as the basis for a reworking .
Gertrude -- The Cry is Howard Barker 's reworking of Shakespeare 's Hamlet , focusing on the character of Gertrude , the mother of the protagonist in Shakespeare 's play .