Learning on ScreenLife with Cooper [22/04/1969]
- Synopsis
- Comedy series starring Tommy Cooper. Includes a sketch in which Tommy Cooper plays Hamlet. He begins the ‘to be or not to be’ speech which he interrupts with comic banter.
- Series
- Life with Cooper
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 22 Apr 1969 at 20:30 (Channel: ITV)
- Duration
- 30 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Milo Lewis
- Writer
- Derek Collyer; Eric Merriman; George Evans
- Cast
Tommy Cooper Hamlet
Additional Details
- Production type
- Sitcoms/Variety
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- It is likely that this sketch featured in the compilation THE BEST OF TOMMY COOPER (tx Thames Television 23 July 1991). This programme includes Cooper trying to recite the ‘To be, or not to be,' soliloquy (III i). A copy of this compilation is also held by the BFI National Archive.
- History
- Series 3.
Production Company
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
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