Elsinore: Part 2
- Synopsis
- After his capture by the pirate Captain True, Claudius returns to Elsinore determined to find out why King Hamlet did not pay the ransom demand. A strange, Danish farmer comes to court to deliver horses as a give to the king.
Elsinore is set in an alternative Europe of the 1930s and re-imagines the Danish Court in the years leading up to the evens in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. - Series
- Elsinore
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain; United Kingdom
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 2 Jan 2018 at 14:15 (Channel: BBC Radio 4)
- Duration
- 45 mins
Credits
- Director
- Marc Beeby; Sasha Yevtushenko
- Writer
- Sebastian Baczkiewicz
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Historical period
- 1930s
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Shakespeare
Notes
- Notes
- A four-part, prequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Online Availability
- Online URL
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l8z3s
- Online format
- Streamed
Distributor
- Name
BBC Radio 4
- Web
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Elsinore: Part 2". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av77997 (Accessed 25 Nov 2024)