SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Cinema advertisement for Kia Ora orange juice. The thirst audiences had for fresh oranges in an Elizabethan theatre is compared to contemporary cinema-goers and boxes of fresh Kia Ora juice. An Elizabethan performance of Hamlet. Hamlet begins to recite ‘Alas, Poor Yorick’ when he is interrupted by a man in the audience shouting ‘Nell’. Nell promptly distributes fresh oranges to the crowds who clamour to buy the fruit. Nell then appears as an usherette standing with a supply of fresh Kia Ora orange juice for cinemagoers. KIA ORA. ON SALE NOW - voiceover ‘why not quench your thirst with one?'. [with acknowledgement to the catalogue entry provided by the Scottish Screen Archive].

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1985

Additional Details

Production type

Advertising/Trailers/Promos

Historical period

16th Century

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Sponsor

Name

Kia Ora

Archive

Name

Scottish Screen Archive

Contact

Janet McBain (Curator)

Email

ssaenquiries@nls.uk

Web

http://www.nls.uk/ssa/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0845 366 4600

Fax

0845 366 4601

Address

c/o: National Library of Scotland, Collections Department
39-41 Montrose Avenue
Hillington Park
Glasgow
G52 4LA

Notes

From 1 April 2007 the SSA is part of the Collections Department at the National Library of Scotland.