Hamlet
- Summary
- 1956 Associated Television presentation for ITV of London’s Phoenix Theatre production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, abridged and staged in the studio. This was the first production of a Shakespeare play on British commercial television.
- Theatre play
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Monday 27 February 1956
- Time
- 8.00pm
- Channel
- ITV
- Production company
- Associated Television (ATV, 1955-1982)
- Theatre company
- Phoenix Theatre, London
Credits
- Director
- Peter Brook
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Cast
Alec Clunes Claudius Harry H. Corbett Gravedigger Richard Johnson Laertes Paul Scofield Hamlet Ernest Thesiger Polonius Mary Ure Ophelia Diana Wynyard Gertrude
Additional details
- Extant status
- No archival copy is known to exist.
- Play tags
- Denmark, as theme or setting; murder; royalty
Print sources
- Title
- BUFVC Shakespeare database: Hamlet (Website: database)
- Reference
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/AV66532 (accessed 23 January 2015)
- Notes
- A record on the BUFVC’s Shakespeare database.
- Title
- Hamlet Revisited, or The Critic Stands His Ground: More Reflections on an ITV Production (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Bernard Levin (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 10 March 1956, p. 5
- Title
- ITV Hamlet Faces Trial - Ninety Minutes - and All Found Guilty (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Bernard Levin (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Manchester Guardian, 3 March 1956, p. 5
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