Producer, The

Synopsis

US sitcom about a group of seven castaways. Famous Hollywood producer Harold Hecuba, (Silvers, the guest star) arrives on the island. To impress him the castaways mount a musical version of Hamlet. The play is set to Carmen, with the ‘to be or not to be’ and ‘what a rogue and peasant slave am I’ speeches combined and revised to ‘to flee or not to flee’ and set to Carmen’s ‘Hanabera’ aria. Skipper (Polonius) sings ‘to thine own self be true’ to the ‘Toreador’ aria while Ophelia sings a speech to the Barcarolle from Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffman. After Hecuba leaves the island the castaways hear on the radio that his production of Hamlet has been a hit on Broadway.

Series

Gilligan’s Island

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Notes

Episode included in the DVD entitled GILLIGAN’S ISLAND: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON.

Keywords

Hollywood; musicals; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director

Ida Lupino

Writer

Dee Caruso; Gerald Gardner

Cast

Alan Jnr Hale
Bob Denver
Dawn Wells
Jim Backus
Natalie Schafer
Phil Silvers
Tina Louise

Production Company

Name

CBS Television

Name

Gladasya

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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