Hamlet

Synopsis: A video recording of Miroslav Krobot’s 2006 production of Hamlet for the Dejvicke Theatre. No details of cast known (12/2007).
Language: Czech
Country: Czech Republic
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 2006
Duration: 123 mins

History: Premiere 12 April 2006
Awards: The production won the 2006 Alfred Radok Award for Best Production.
Stills: `Martin Chocholousek’s stage design is indicative of the interpretation of the production - a chandelier with antlers combined with beat up tin lockers - creating the tension between the false nobility and the plebeian reality of the Elsinore Castle’. Hamlet in the Dejvicke Theatre - J. Kerbr on www.theatre.cz (accessed 12/2007).
Textual information: Translated into Czech by Jiri Josek; the dramaturg is Karel Tomanek.
Reviews: `The second half of the production is surprising - here the audience is confronted by an original, almost one-quarter hour "commentary", with no appearance of the gravediggers, no closing fighting scene, nor Fortinbras’ arrival on the scene. Hamlet in the Dejvicke Theatre - J. Kerbr on www.theatre.cz.

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