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Green Eggs and Hamlet

Synopsis
Shakespeare’s play filmed by students at the California Institute of Technology and retold in Dr Seuss-style rhyme. Prince Hamlet wants to avenge his father’s murder, while his loyal servant Sam Iamlet tries to get him to sample a new food dish, green eggs. There a several egg references (Claudius murders old Hamlet with poisoned eggs) and Ophelia’s insanity manifests itself in her reciting passages of feminist criticism.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1995
Notes
Estimated budget was under $4,000.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Student productions

Credits

Director
Mike O’Neal
Producer
Mike O’Neal
Writer
Chris Springfield
Art Direction
Mike O’Neal
Cast
Allen Corcorran 
David Santiago 
David Seal 
Josh Powlesson 
Mike O’Neal 
Richard E. Doherty 
Richard James Mason 
Robert A. Jr. Knop 
Ronald H. Cohen 
Siobhan F. Jess 

Archive

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email
reference@folger.edu
Web
http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
Phone
(202) 544 4600
Fax
(202) 544 4623
Address
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web
http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
Phone
(20) 707-8572
Fax
(20) 707-237’1
Address
Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States

Distributor

Name

Rock’s Eye

Address
USA
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