Hamlet
- Synopsis
- A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2001 production of Hamlet. Directed by Steven Pimlott with Samuel West as Hamlet.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 2 Dec 2001
- Duration
- 198 mins
Credits
- Director
- Steven Pimlott
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Jason Carr
- Production Design
- Alison Chitty
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- A heavily annotated script and three detailed notebooks with his thoughts on the production and creation of the character are available in the Samuel West Script Collection in the Shakespeare Institute Library.
- History
- Press night 2 May 2001
- Reviews
- Jackson, Russell. Shakespeare Quarterly 53 (200), pp. 536-48 esp. 537-43.
Production Company
- Name
Royal Shakespeare Company
- Web
- https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Address
- Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB
Archive
- Name
Shakespeare Birthplace Collections
- collections@shakespeare.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/collections/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Shakespeare Centre
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av66317 (Accessed 26 Dec 2024)