Hamile
- Alternative title
- Tonga Hamlet, The
- Synopsis
- Film version of Hamlet of a stage production. It is spoken in English, and set among the Frafra people of northern Ghana. performed by students of the University of Ghana School of Music and Drama.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Ghana
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1964
- Duration
- 120 mins
Credits
- Director
- Terry Bishop
- Producer
- Sam Aryeetey
- Cinematographer
- R.O. Fenuku
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- J.N. Nketia
- Contributor
- Joe De Graft
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- 1960s
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Black actors; Student productions
Notes
- Notes
- The BFI National Archive holds master preservation material (no viewing copy) of Reel 2 only (2005). Footage shows the entrance of Karim (Horatio), telling Hamile (Hamlet) about the ghost, to Ibrahim (Polonious) giving advice to Laitu (Laertes) and speaking to Habiba (Ophelia).
The Library of Congress holds master material only, no viewing copy (9/2007). The print is c120min. - General
- Produced for stage by Joe De Graft.
- History
- Shown in Great Britain at the Commonwealth Film Festival 1965. The film was never released theatrically in the US but was shown on NET in January 1970. The LC copy comes from this transmission.
- Textual information
- `The text is unaltered except where it would not make sense in a Frafra community, or where an archaic word obscures the meaning’. (PR handout).
- Reviews
- Variety 20 October 1965. Holland, David. Films and Filming 12 (October 1965), p. 36-37.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamile". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36963 (Accessed 12 Nov 2024)