Chicago Slam 2020: Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Recording of the high spirited and visually inventive production of Hamlet created as part of the Chicago Shakespeare Slam, a collaborative student event that went online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Students from different high schools perform assigned scenes, which include designated sections to be performed as dance and with colour coding used to determine the character as the performer may change from scene to scene. Hamlet appears in black, Ophelia in blue, Polonius in grey, etc. It was performed twice, with different casts, on 13 and 14 January 2021.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Multimedia; Video
- Transmission details
- 14 Jan 2021
- Duration
- 129 mins
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Contemporary
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
Online Availability
- Online URL
- https://youtu.be/1CQOpRaWRGc
- Online format
- Streamed
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
YouTube
- Web
- http://www.youtube.com External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Chicago Slam 2020: Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av79335 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)