Hamlet

Synopsis: A video recording of Jan Nebesky’s production of Hamlet first staged in 1994. In this production Hamlet disguises himself in female dress.
Language: Czech
Country: Czech Republic
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Duration: 201 mins

General: The entry in the Czech Arts Institute online catalogue notes a premiere date of 24 October 2000 staged at the City Theatres of Prague. The production was first staged in 1994 and it is therefore uncertain at which theatre this recording was made and the names of the actors. David Prachar originally played Hamlet.

The Arts Institute also holds 60 minutes of rehearsal footage recorded 20/10/1994.
History: Produced at the Roxy Club, Prague, beginning 27 June 1994; and at the Theatre of Comedy, Prague, beginning 24 October 1994.
Textual information: Translated into Czech by E. A. Saudek; adapted by Jan Nebesky (using Aeschylus’s Oresteia and other non-Shakespearean texts).

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