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Hamlet

Synopsis
Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of Tiny Ninja Theatre’s Hamlet. The production uses video projections and visual gimmicks to dramatise the story: Ophelia drowns in a glass of water; the ghost appears as an enormous mouth holding a black-clad Ninja Hamlet between his jaws. Not all the cast are Ninjas: Gertrude and Claudius are played by grinning dime-store figurines.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
31 Oct 2006
Duration
55 mins

Credits

Director
Dov Weinstein

Additional Details

Theatre
Cube, The
Theatre company
Tiny Ninja Theatre
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
Hamlet
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Complete Works Festival (Stratford upon Avon 2006-7); Multimedia productions

Notes

Notes
Weinstein’s Tiny Ninja Theater consists of a "one-man mini-ninja operation" with the actor-director providing all movement and voices for 30 one-inch-high plastic figurines, made up almost entirely of ninjas.
Tagline ‘No small parts, only small actors’
General
From 25 October-18 November 2006 the auditorium of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre was transformed into an intimate 100 seat studio space.
History
The production played 31 October and 1 November at The Cube.
Reviews
http://www.tinyninjatheater.com/ (accessed 3 April 2008)

Production Company

Name

Royal Shakespeare Company

Web
https://www.rsc.org.uk External site opens in new window
Address
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Waterside
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
CV37 6BB

Archive

Name

Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive

Email
scla@shakespeare.org.uk
Web
https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01789 204016 (bookings)
Fax
01789 262073
Address
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 6QW

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