Shakespeare’s Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Audiovisual presentation by actor and educator Mark Cabus - made as preparation for a later class - in which he discusses the ways in which Hamlet is a play that can be seen as having special relevance in times of plague / quarantine / Coronavirus. He looks at the context in which the play was originally written and produced, including looking at the impact of the Black Plague and conspiracy theories of a Spanish ‘invisible armada’ that might invade England, provides a detailed analysis of the main character’s motivation and opens and closes by asking that his students consider one overriding question: is Denmark a prison?
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Transmission details
- 31 Mar 2020
- Duration
- 41 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Mark Cabus
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- plague
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://youtu.be/yv4vHqkbphU
- Online format
- Streamed
Distributor
- Name
YouTube
- Web
- http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespeare’s Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79176 (Accessed 29 Nov 2024)