Hamlet

Synopsis
Television production of the play with Maurice Evans as Hamlet.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Television
Notes
The programme was billed as 120 minutes but with many commercials playing time is likely to have been closer to 90; there was an ‘intermission’ between Acts 2 and 3. The UCLA video cassette viewing copy is reproduced from 16mm Kinescope.
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Director
Albert McCleery; George Schaefer
Producer
George Schaefer
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Roger Adams
Production Design
Richard Sylbert
Adaptor for Television
Mildred Freed Alberg; Tom Hughes Sand
Cast
Barry Jones (2) 
Joseph Schildkraut 
Malcolm Keen 
Maurice Evans 
Ruth Chatterton 
Sarah Churchill 
Wesley Addy 
William Smithers 

Production Company

Name

NBC

Sponsor

Name

Hallmark Cards

Archive

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
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

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email
arsc@ucla.edu
Web
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/access/databases.html External site opens in new window
Phone
(310) 206 5388
Fax
(310) 206 5392
Address
Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA
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