EditorialClockwise, from lower right: Alex Lawther (as Hamlet), Kirsty Rider (as Ophelia), Luke Treadaway (as Laertes), Angus Wright (as Claudius) and Gilbert Kyem Jnr in Robert Icke’s production of “Hamlet,” at the Park Avenue Armory in New York, June 9, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialAllan Clayton, left, in the title role and Brenda Rae as Ophelia in Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn’s “Hamlet” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, May 10, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialOphelia King sorts samples from COVID-19 testing sites on the Duke University campus before processing, in Durham, N.C., Feb. 3, 2021. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)
EditorialOphelia King sorts samples from COVID-19 testing sites on the Duke University campus before processing, in Durham, N.C., Feb. 3, 2021. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)