Learning on ScreenHamlet
- Synopsis
- Televised adaptation of Robert Chetwyn’s Prospect Theatre Company production with Ian McKellen in the title role. David Giles directs for television.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Notes
- Although this production appears to have been a straightforward recording of the stage production, the visual possibilities of television came to bear fruit in the Ghost scene, where two simultaneous images of Ian McKellen’s face were superimposed on top of one another.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Edinburgh Festival
Credits
- Director
- David Giles
- Producer
- Eddie Kulukundis; Robert Chetwyn
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Marc Wilkinson
- Cast
Production Company
- Name
Knightsbridge Films
- Phone
- (020) 7373 5783
- Address
- 63 Philbeach Gardens
London
SW5 9EE
UK
Archive
- Name
Paley Center for Media
- Web
- http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (212) 621-6600
- Address
- 25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA - Notes
- Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.
- Name
Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)
- toft@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/theatre-film-and-tape-archive External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 1 (212) 870-1642
- Fax
- (212) 8701868
- Address
- Billy Rose Theatre Collection
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York,New York
10023-7498
USA
- Name
V&A Theatre & Performance Collections: National Video Archive of Performance
- tmenquiries@vam.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/nvap/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7942 2697
- Fax
- 020 7471 9864
- Address
- Blythe House
23 Blythe Road
London
W14 0QX
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