Hamlet

Synopsis: Television version of a thrust stage production, using an undergraduate company of fourteen and shot in the 14th-century cellars of Mottisfont Abbey, Romsey. The production emphasises the centrality to Hamlet of concepts of performance by establishing close actor-audience relations, doubling roles to illuminate the play’s structure and integrating 17th-century with 20th-century theatre and television conventions.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1993
Duration: 180 mins

Production type: Stage Recordings
Plays: Hamlet
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre; Doubling of roles
Related items: Hamlet: Acts That Roar Loud

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Documentation: See also discussion programme HAMLET: ACTS THAT ROAR LOUD.

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