SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A production of Hamlet directed by Trevor Nunn and designed by John Gunter at the Old Vic Theatre. Recorded by V&A Theatre & Performance Collections, National Video Archive of Performance on 3 cameras. Ben Whishaw is Hamlet.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

21 Jul 2004

Duration

220 mins

Credits

Director

Trevor Nunn

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

John Gunter

Cast

Ben Whishaw	Hamlet
Tom Mannion	Claudius
Samantha Whittaker	Gertrude
Nicholas Jones	Polonius
Edward Hughes	Guildenstern
Jotham Annan	Horatio
Kevin Wathen	Rosencrantz
Rory Kinnear	Laertes
Tom Mannion	Ghost

Additional Details

Theatre

Old Vic Theatre

Production type

Stage Recordings

Historical period

Contemporary

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

The production ran at the Old Vic 17-31 July 2004.

Awards

Ben Whishaw was nominated for Best Actor in the 2005 Laurence Olivier Awards.

Reviews

http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com/reviews/hamlet4.html’... Trevor Nunn has seen it [the play] afresh, and has given us a Hamlet alive, vivid, utterly cogent, utterly convincing, and utterly modern...' A.C. Grayling.

Archive

Name

V&A Theatre & Performance Collections: National Video Archive of Performance

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