Hamlet

Synopsis: Hamlet directed by Omri Nitzan and performed by the Cameri Theatre. The specially-constructed stage and rotating seats allows the audience to experience the action from all angles. Itay Tiran is Hamlet.
Language: Hebrew
Country: Israel
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2007
Duration: 150 mins

Director

Omri Nitzan

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Yossi Ben Nun

Production Design

Ruth Dar

Costume

Ruth Dar

Cast

Notes: Note: Material is made available to staff and students of Harvard University only. Researchers wanting access should contact the Librarian to make enquiries about an on site viewing.
General: It is uncertain from which performance this video recording was made; the cast played different parts throughout the tours. This cast cited in this record is the one playing in Washington.
History: The recording is of a production first staged in Tel Aviv in 2005. The production played at the International Shakespeare Festival in Gdansk, Poland 2005 and in the United States 2006 as part of the Washington Festival.
Textual information: Translated into Hebrew by T. Carmi and Dan Algamor.
Reviews: Marks, Peter. Hebrew ‘Hamlet’ Gives the Bard A Few Turns’, Washington Post (March 9, 2007).

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