Learning on ScreenHamlet: The Trouble with Hamlet
- Synopsis
- Educational series. One in a twelve-part series of films made by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (now TV Ontario). The aim was to relate ‘Shakespeare’s timeless ideas and understanding of human motivations to contemporary society’. The emphasis is on Hamlet’s existentialist dilemma, stressing Camus’ dictum ‘there is but one truly philosophical problem, and that is suicide’. Actors play scenes from the play including the ‘to be, or not to be’ soliloquy (III i) and Hamlet’s confrontation with Ophelia.
- Series
- Explorations in Shakespeare
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1969
- Duration
- 23 mins
- Availability
- No archive copy or distributor found (2006)
Credits
- Producer
- Ed Moser; Kurt Reis
- Screenplay
- Hugh Webster
- Music
- Zal Yanovsky
- Production Design
- Chris Adeney
- Cast
Bernard Behrens Claudius Dawn Greenhalgh Gertrude Jackie Burroughs Ophelia Briain Petchey Hugh Webster Horatio
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Reviews
- Rothwell, Kenneth S. and Annabelle Henkin Melzer, Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography. London: Mansell, 1990, entry 124). Rothwell has viewed the film and provides a detailed synopsis.
Production Company
- Name
Ontario Educational Communications
- Address
- Canada
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