SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Hamlet

Synopsis

A production, for Italian television, of Vittorio Gassman’s stage production of Hamlet with Gassman in the title role. Directed for television by Claudio Fino.

Language

Italian (Standard)

Country

Italy

Medium

Television

Transmission details

28 Oct 1955

Availability

No archive copy found (5/2009).

Credits

Director

Claudio Fino; Vittorio Gassman

Cast

Vittorio Gassman	Hamlet
Elena Zareschi
Memo Benassi

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Source: Grasso, Aldo, Storio della Televisione Italiana (Milan: Garzanti, 1992).

General

With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 Gassman co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d’Arte Italiano, producing the first complete version of Hamlet in Italy.