Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Video recording of Joe Banno’s 1999 production of Hamlet for the Folger Theatre. Banno employs three actresses and one actor to play Hamlet. Holly Twyford plays the central Hamlet and the three other actors play different aspects of Hamlet’s character. The play was videotaped for WAPAVA by James J. Taylor.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 21 Nov 1999
Credits
- Director
- Joe Banno
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Scott Burgess
- Production Design
- Tony Cisek
- Costume
- Justine Scherer
- Contributor
- James J. Taylor
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Elizabethan Theatre, Folger Shakespeare Library
- Theatre company
- Folger Theatre
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 1990s
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- gender representation; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gender reversal; Hamlet (character)
Notes
- History
- Produced by the Folger Shakespeare Library at the Elizabethan Theatre, Washington, DC, 5 November-5 December 1999.
- Textual information
- Dramaturg is Cam Magee
- Reviews
- Tolaydo, Michael. Shakespeare (Georgetown University) 4, no. 1 (2000), pp. 16-17 (interview with J. Banno).
Archive
- Name
Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA)
- leahkim@umd.edu
- Web
- http://www.wapava.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (301) 405 9117
- Address
- James J. Taylor Collection
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-1630
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69537 (Accessed 26 Dec 2024)