Learning on ScreenHamlet
- Synopsis
- Feature length, low-budget version of Hamlet filmed in Derry, Northern Ireland. The film cuts the text heavily and rearranges scenes while making interpretative use of locations and accents to draw parallels between Hamlet’s situation and Northern Ireland’s cultural and political history. Hamlet’s ‘to be, or not to be’ speech is spoken in the Irish language.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2005
- Notes
- The Derry Film Initiative is distributing the film online on videogoogle.com.uk - see web address field.
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- politics; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Online availability
Credits
- Director
- Stephen Cavanagh
- Producer
- Keith O’Grady; Richard Hughes
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Cast
Ann Fitzpatrick Anthony Doherty Charlie Hughes Chris Simpson Colin Stewart (2) Dominic Stewart James Lecky Martin O’Brien Richard Hughes Simone Kirby Stephen Cavanagh Tony Brown Yvonne Richardson
Production Company
- Name
Derry Film Initiative
- Address
- Northern Ireland
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