Learning on ScreenHamlet: A Monologue
- Synopsis
- A video recording of a performance of theatre designer Robert Wilson’s performance-piece HAMLET: A MONOLOGUE. Wilson, working with Wolfgang Wiens’ text, performs Hamlet as a monologue in 15 scenes. He interprets not only Hamlet, but other characters too. Pulling props and costume pieces out of a trunk in the style of classic story theatre; Wilson also interprets Gertrude, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern and Ophelia.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 27 May 1995
- Duration
- 96 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ann-Christin Rommen; Robert Wilson (3)
- Writer
- Wolfgang Wiens
- Music
- Hans Peter Kuhn
- Production Design
- Robert Wilson (3)
- Costume
- Frida Parmeggiani
- Cast
Robert Wilson (3) Hamlet
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Alley Theatre, Houston, Texas
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); One-Person shows
- Related items
- Making of a Monologue: Robert Wilson’s Hamlet
Notes
- Notes
- TOFT has also recorded video rehearsals for the production that were held on different days.
- Reviews
- Variety (June 19 1995), p. 87; Janet Savin, Shakespeare Bulletin 14, no. 3 (1996) 32-3.
Archive
- Name
Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT)
- toft@nypl.org
- Web
- http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/theatre-film-and-tape-archive External site opens in new window
- Phone
- + 1 (212) 870-1642
- Fax
- (212) 8701868
- Address
- Billy Rose Theatre Collection
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York,New York
10023-7498
USA
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