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US radio documentary series hosted by Ira Glass. This episode is devoted to one story. Over the course of six months, reporter Jack Hitt followed a group of inmates at a high-security prison as they...
Radio production of the play adapted and directed by Jeremy Mortimer, starring Michael Sheen as Hamlet, Kenneth Cranham as Claudius, Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude and Ellie Beavan as Ophelia. Timothy Spall...
A Brazilian version of Hamlet directed by Marcelo Marchioro. The play explores contemporary political and ideological issues and, coincidentally, premièred on 20th August 1992, one month before the...
Oscar-winning feature film adaptation of the play directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.
Feature film version of the play. A naturalistic and literal reading with few interpretative touches. Gibson’s Hamlet is a man of action and with the text heavily cut (over 80%) he dominates the majority...
Television documentary about Joseph Papp’s 1982-3 Public Theatre, New York Shakespeare Festival production of Hamlet. The production cast an actress, Diane Venora, in the role of Hamlet and the documentary...
A re-staging for television of Gregory Doran’s 2008 RSC production of Hamlet first staged at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon with David Tennant reprising his performance in the title role.
A film adaptation of Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Set in the 19th century with many stars giving cameo performances in minor roles. The film was shot on 65mm and released in 70mm.
A video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1989 production of Hamlet. Directed by Ron Daniels with Mark Rylance in the title role.
Live sound recording of Richard Eyre’s staging of Hamlet at the National Theatre with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role.
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