SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A production of Hamlet, directed for Polish television. Directed for stage by Gustaw Holoubek and adapted for television by Joanna Wisniewska. Jan Englert is Hamlet.

Language

Polish

Country

Poland

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

28 Jan 1974 (Channel: Teatr TV - TVP1)

Duration

169 mins

Credits

Director

Gustaw Holoubek

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Malgorzata Spychalska

Costume

Marcin Stajewski

Adaptor for Television

Joanna Wisniewska

Cast

Jan Englert	Hamlet
Zofia Mrozowska	Gertrude
Zdislaw Mrozewski	Polonius
Magdalena Zawadzka	Ophelia
Andrzej Antkowiak	Horatio
Andrzej Szczepkowski	Ghost
Kalenik. Mieczyslaw	Barnardo
Krystian Nehrebecki	Marcellus
Krzysztof Kolberger	Laertes
Lechoslaw Herz	Francisco
Tadeusz Fijewski	Gravedigger (1)
Teodor Gendera	Sailor
Witold Debicki	Gravedigger (2)
Wojciech Brzozowicz	Rosencrantz
Wojciech Iwaniec	Guildenstern
Zbigniew Obuchowski	Servant

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

Medieval

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Although the programme was shot in colour there were few colour sets in Poland at that time and most viewers would have seen it in black and white.

History

There was a break in the production during which a television newsreel was shown.

Reviews

Fabiszak, Jacek, Polish Televised Shakespeares: a Study of Shakespeare Productions Within the Television Theatre Format (Poznan: Motivex, 2005). pp. 96-107.

Production Company

Name

Teatr Telewizji

Archive

Name

Telewizja Polska

Email

http://www.tvp.pl/o-tvp/kontakt

Web

http://www.tvp.pl External site opens in new window

Phone

(22) 547 44 50

Address

Polish Television
17. J.P. Woronicza St
00-999, WARSAW
Poland