Synopsis

An avant-garde, post-modernist film made at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee offering ‘a visual exploration of epistemological puzzles in Hamlet’.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1982

Duration

21 mins

Credits

Director

Robert Nelson

Screenplay

Joseph Chang

Cast

Dick Blau	Hamlet
Bob Whitney	Polonius
Dave Fischer	Player

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

Hamlet

Notes

Reviews

Birringer, Jonannes ‘Rehearsing the Mousetrap: Robert Nelson’s HAMLET ACT’ in Shakespeare on Film Newsletter 9.1 1984 pp1+8. Gallop, Jane ‘Beyond the Mirror’ Wide Angle 7, nos 1-1 (1985).

Production Company

Name

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Film Department

Archive

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email

reference@folger.edu

Web

http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window

Phone

(202) 544 4600

Fax

(202) 544 4623

Address

201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA

Distributor (Hire)

Name

Canyon Cinema

Email

films@canyoncinema.com

Web

http://www.canyoncinema.com External site opens in new window

Fax

+1 0 415 876 2255

Address

145 Ninth Street
Suite 260
San Fancisco
California 94103, USA