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Five-part radio series in which famous actors talk about the character of Hamlet. In episode Micheál MacLiammóir, Director of the Gate Theatre, Dublin, explains how he regards Hamlet as a great activist...
Actors who have played Hamlet discuss why they perceive the role as a benchmark in their careers. The programme includes stills and film extracts from performances by Olivier, Richard Burton and Mel Gibson.
An exploration of Shakespeare’s most famous character Hamlet, introduced by Sir John Gielgud with excerpts from the screen interpretations of Laurence Olivier, John Barrymore, Nicol Williamson, Maximilian...
An operatic staging of Hamlet with music by two contemporaries of Verdi, Franco Faccio and Arrigo Boito.
Video recording of Joe Banno’s 1999 production of Hamlet for the Folger Theatre. Banno employs three actresses and one actor to play Hamlet. Holly Twyford plays the central Hamlet and the three other...
Trevor Nunn, Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, interviews actors about their interpretations of Hamlet. Program 1 (55 mins) investigates major scenes through actor commentary and production...
Professor Tony Howard, University of Warwick, talks to Tom Abbott about the women who have played the role of Hamlet.
Television programme in a series on human consciousness. Psychologist Nicholas Humphrey discusses why we care about fictional characters, using as illustration a performance from Hamlet (III iv). During the...
Live cinema broadcast from the New York Metropolitan Opera of Brett Dean’s version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
An essay film, part fiction and part documentary, that explores how Hamlet haunts audiences and the play’s characters, drawing on the work of Marx and Derrida among others.
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