`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

Name

Hepworth Picture Plays

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "`Amlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68730 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)