Hamlet

Synopsis: A videotape recording of the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’ s 2000 production of Hamlet directed by Giles Block with Mark Rylance in the title role.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2000

Notes: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre makes several recordings of a single production, using three fixed cameras, to enable practitioners and researchers to observe how the play has developed during the run.

For a detailed account of the rehearsal process, and comments from actors on their interpretation of their roles, visit http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/globelink/frameset.htm
General: Mark Rylance had previously played Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1989 in a production directed by Ron Daniels.
History: The production ran 28 May-24 September 2000 (press night June 9) in the Hercules Season.
Reviews: Shaltz, Justin, Shakespeare Bulletin 19 (2001): 10-12.

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