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South Bank Show, The [06/01/1980]

Alternative title
Hamlet Wolfe Stalks American Culture
Synopsis
Anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. In the second part of the programme (c25mins) Jonathan Pryce and director Richard Eyre talk about the staging of Hamlet at London’s Royal Court Theatre, particularly the scene in which Hamlet confronts his father’s ghost. Shows extracts from other filmed and televised versions of the scene as interpreted by Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1913), Laurence Olivier (1948), Innokenti Smoktunovsky (1964) and Christopher Plummer (1964). Concludes with a brief extract from Pryce’s stage performance in which the Ghost speaks through Hamlet himself.
Series
South Bank Show, The
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
1 Jun 1980 at 22:45 (Channel: ITV)
Duration
52 mins

Credits

Director
Bob Bee; Geoff Dunlop
Contributor
Melvyn Bragg; Richard Eyre
Cast
Jonathan PryceHamlet

Additional Details

Theatre
Royal Court Theatre, London
Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Hamlet

Production Company

Name

London Weekend Television

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
W1T 1LN
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

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