SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Hamlet Wolfe Stalks American Culture

Synopsis

Anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. In the second part of the programme (c25mins) Jonathan Pryce and director Richard Eyre talk about the staging of Hamlet at London’s Royal Court Theatre, particularly the scene in which Hamlet confronts his father’s ghost. Shows extracts from other filmed and televised versions of the scene as interpreted by Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1913), Laurence Olivier (1948), Innokenti Smoktunovsky (1964) and Christopher Plummer (1964). Concludes with a brief extract from Pryce’s stage performance in which the Ghost speaks through Hamlet himself.

Series

South Bank Show, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

1 Jun 1980 at 22:45 (Channel: ITV)

Duration

52 mins

Credits

Director

Bob Bee; Geoff Dunlop

Contributor

Melvyn Bragg; Richard Eyre

Cast

Jonathan Pryce

Hamlet

Additional Details

Theatre

Royal Court Theatre, London

Production type

Documentary/Educational/News

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

Hamlet

Production Company

Name

London Weekend Television

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web

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Phone

(20) 707-8572

Fax

(20) 707-237’1

Address

Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
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Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States