Hamlet IV: The Readiness is All

Synopsis: Professor Mack of Yale University lectures on the play. Part 1 discusses the social structures, customs and audiences of Elizabethan England. Part 2 looks at the play’s three stories: the ghost story, the detective story and the revenge story. Part 3 explores Hamlet’s themes of poison both literally and figuratively and Part 4 analyses the character of Hamlet and his progress toward maturity. Scenes from the play are enacted by actors form the Stratford Festival, Ontario.
Series: Hamlet
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film; Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1959
Duration: 30 mins
Availability: Out of UK Distribution (2006)

Director

Douglas Campbell; Floyd Rinker; John Barnes; Michael Langham

Writer

Cast

Notes: The catalogue entry for Archive Films notes that the 16mm copy is ‘faded and reddish’ (5/2007). The Library of Congress holds master material only, no viewing copy (9/2007).

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Contact: John Lovell
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Phone: 01286 676001 or 07768 105467
Fax: 01286 676001
Address: Arfon House
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Gwynned
LL54 7UN
Notes: Formerly the National Audio Visual (Aids) Library. No longer holds 16mm material. Retains the negatives and copyright to the EFVA material, but have no viewing copies. Video only. (1/97) Alternative address might be Arfon House, Bontnewydd, Caernarvon, Gwynned LL54 7UN Telephone/Fax 01286 676001

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