Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Cambridge Experimental Theatre’s Hamlet, adapted for the stage by Roland Kenyon, challenges the entrenched notions of naturalism, sanctity of text, one-man-one-part and the tragic male hero, in a production which combines a rigorous re-evaluation of Shakespeare’s text with the theatricality and spectacle of oriental theatre. A cast of four whisper, chant, dance and wrestle their way through the pre-occupations of a constantly shifting and fragmenting central character, providing a frightening commentary on the instability of the human personality. This video version uses the medium to extend and heighten the discontinuities and ambiguities located at the centre of the production.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1987
- Duration
- 95 mins
Credits
- Director
- Roderick Macdonald
- Producer
- Richard Spaul; Roderick Macdonald
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Contributor
- Roland Kenyon
- Cast
Richard Spaul Claudius Melanie Revell Gertrude Trisha Hitchcock Ophelia
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Cambridge Experimental Theatre
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Material is made available to staff and students of the University only; outside researchers requiring access should contact the Librarian regarding the possibility of onsite viewing.
- Uses
- Students of Shakespeare/drama/television.*
- Reviews
- `Fragments’ by Samuel Crowl and Mary Z. Maher’Stage Into Film Doesn’t Go’ in Shakespeare on Film Newsletter. Vol. 13, no 1 (December 1988), p 7. Holderness, Graham ‘Shakespeare Rewound’ in Visual Shakespeare: Essays in Film and Television’(Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press, 2002), pp. 80-3.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
Anglia Ruskin University Library
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- +44 (0)1245 683757
- Fax
- +44 (0)1245 683149
- Address
- Chelmsford Library
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/9199 (Accessed 05 Dec 2024)