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Hamlet

Synopsis
Video recording of Hamlet directed for the National Theatre, Prague in 1982 by Miroslav Machacek with Frantisek Nemec in the title role.
Language
Czech
Country
Former Czechoslovakia; Czechoslovakia
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
1982
Duration
195 mins

Credits

Director
Miroslav Machacek
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Svoboda. Milan
Production Design
Josef Svoboda
Costume
Sarka Hejnova
Cast
Frantisek NemecHamlet
Josef SomrClaudius
Jana HlavacovaGertrude
Vladimir BrabecPolonius
Zora JandovaOphelia
Borivoj NavratilOsric
Ivan LutanskyLaertes
Petr KostkaHoratio
Vaclav PatraneckyRosencrantz

Additional Details

Theatre
National Theatre, Prague
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History
Produced at the National Theatre, Prague, beginning 32 April 1982.
Textual information
Translated into Czech by Bretislav Hodek. The translation used the Second Quarto and First Folio incorporating some stage directions from the First Quarto.
Reviews
Stribrny, Zdenek. Shakespeare Quarterly 35 (1984): 208-14 (in review-article).

Archive

Name

Arts Institute-Theatre Institute

Email
info@institutumeni.cz
Web
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Phone
224 809 123
Fax
224 809 123
Address
Celetna 17
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic

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