`Amlet
- Synopsis
- Cartoon animated by Anson Dyer with a Charlie Chaplin (C.H. Aplin) figure as ‘Amlet. Told of his uncle’s guilt by a ghost, ‘Amlet ‘shoots’ Claudius with a cinematograph, as he exalts over the rations he has hoarded. Projecting the film confronts Claudius with the evidence as ‘Amlet watches him closely with an usher’s electric torch. Horatio Bottomly is caricatured as Horatio.
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1919
- Duration
- c3
- Availability
- Presumed a lost film.
Credits
- Director
- Anson Dyer
- Producer
- Cecil Hepworth
- Writer
- Anson Dyer
- Animator
- Anson Dyer
Additional Details
- Production type
- Animation
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 265, 371).
Bioscope (11 December 1919)
Production Company
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "`Amlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68730 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)