SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A one-act take on Hamlet in the stand-up comedy genre, The boy/man, accompanied by dog Horatio and his air guitar, turns up in a dream/nightmare world. The original text becomes an amalgam of The Simpsons, Wayne’s World and A Clockwork Orange and combines with rock music to express Hamlet’s erudite but confused mind in his relationships with the woman in his short life, his crazy cross-dressing mom, Gertrude, and his beautiful girlfriend, Ophelia. The MC of the ‘dream’ is the ghost of his Father’s Jester Yorick.

Language

English

Country

Australia

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2007

Duration

58 mins

Credits

Director

Jacqui Carroll

Writer

John Nobbs

Contributor

Ira Seidenstein

Cast

Michael Coughlin	Hamlet
John Nobbs	Gertrude
Leah Shelton	Ophelia

Additional Details

Theatre company

Frank Theatre

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama; Literature

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Includes teacher’s notes and playscript.

General

The central mission of Frank Theatre is the creation of theatre which combines Australian form and content with Asian sensibilities and integrity of purpose to produce a Japan/Australian fusion theatre.

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Artfilms

Email

info@artfilms.com.au

Web

http://www.artfilms.com.au External site opens in new window

Phone

61 (0) 39419 2613

Address

Contemporary Arts Media
PO Box 1098
Collingwood, VIC 2066
Australia

Name

Artfilms Europe

Email

info@artfilms.com.au

Web

http://www.artfilms.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 208 265 1752

Fax

+44 207 117 5174

Address

PO Box 71507
London
SE10 1BY
United Kingdom

Notes

Artfilms Europe is the European distributor of the collection of Contemporary Arts Media, Australia (previously known as Hush Video). The collection originally specialised in drama and the performing arts but has since widened its remit across the arts spectrum to include visual arts, design, architecture, new media and digital arts in its collection of over 5,000 titles. Separate subject catalogues, printed or online in pdf format, are available for theatre, dance, visual arts, film & cinema, new media, music, performance art and communication & culture. Sale on DVD or streamed on a pay-per-view or subscription basis from www.artfiflms-digital.com. From 2015, private users can subscribe via a digital site licence for £8 per month, allowing access to a selection of 300 - 400 films.