Learning on ScreenHamlet
- Synopsis
- Joseph Papp’s 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival modern dress production of the play, broadcast in the Great Performances series on WNET. Kevin Kline is Hamlet.
- Series
- Broadway Classic Collection
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Television; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2004
- Transmission details
- 2 Nov 1990 (Channel: WNET)
- Duration
- 180 mins
Credits
- Production Design
- Robin Wagner
- Costume
- Martin Pakledinaz
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Public/Anspacher Theatre, New York
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Historical period
- 1990s
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); New York Shakespeare Festival
- Related items
- In the Classroom: Kevin Kline and Joseph Papp Discuss ‘Hamlet’
Notes
- Notes
- The production was videotaped by Theatre on Film an Tape (TOFT) from a performance given on May 7, 1986 at the Newman Theatre and is available for onsite viewing.
- Reviews
- Maher, Mary Z. Shakespeare on Film Newsletter 15, no. 2 (1991) p11-12.
Production Company
- Name
Broadway Theatre Archive
- Web
- http://www.BroadwayArchive.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Name
WNET
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Quantum Leap
- Notes
- Ceased trading in 2018.
- Name
Retail outlets
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