Learning on ScreenGreen Eggs and Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Shakespeare’s play filmed by students at the California Institute of Technology and retold in Dr Seuss-style rhyme. Prince Hamlet wants to avenge his father’s murder, while his loyal servant Sam Iamlet tries to get him to sample a new food dish, green eggs. There a several egg references (Claudius murders old Hamlet with poisoned eggs) and Ophelia’s insanity manifests itself in her reciting passages of feminist criticism.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1995
- Duration
- 77 mins
Credits
- Director
- Mike O’Neal
- Producer
- Mike O’Neal
- Writer
- Chris Springfield
- Art Direction
- Mike O’Neal
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Animation
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Student productions
Notes
- Notes
- Estimated budget was under $4,000.
Archive
- Name
Folger Shakespeare Library
- reference@folger.edu
- Web
- http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (202) 544 4600
- Fax
- (202) 544 4623
- Address
- 201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA
- 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
Distributor
- Name
Rock’s Eye
- Address
- USA
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