The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival’s four-part series of inside-the-play presentations focuses on its summer production of the masterful, revenge-tinged tragedy Hamlet. This week: The Play’s the Thing by Robert Willson, emeritus professor of English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Series topics:

June 5: Introduction to Hamlet
June 12: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
June 19: Putting on the Show
June 26: The Play’s the Thing