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Hamlet

Synopsis
Live sound recording of Ingmar Bergman’s 1986 production of Hamlet with Peter Stormare in the title role.
Language
Swedish
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Audio
Recording date
6 Dec 1987

Credits

Director
Ingmar Bergman
Writer
William Shakespeare
Music
Christian Falk
Cast
Peter StormareHamlet
Börje AhlstedtClaudius
Gunnel LindblomGertrude
Ulf JohansonPolonius
Pernilla OstergrenOphelia
Dennis DahistenFrancisco
Dennis DahistenCaptain
Gerd HagmanPelageia
Jan WaldekranzHoratio
Joakim WesterbergBarnardo
Joakim WesterbergFortinbras
Johan LindellOsric
Johan LindellRosencrantz
Johan RabaeusMarcellus
Johan RabaeusGuildenstern
Marie RichardsonPlayer Queen
Marie RichardsonLady
Oskar LjungPriest
Per MyrbergGhost
Per MyrbergPlayer King
Pierre WilknerLaertes
Ulf JohansonGravedigger

Additional Details

Theatre
Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre
Theatre company
Royal Dramatic Theatre Company (Stockholm)
Production type
Other
Historical period
1980s
Plays
Hamlet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General
This was Bergman’s only production of Hamlet which he described as "One of the best productions of my life, one of the most enduring, strongest, most intense and angry productions I have ever staged."
History
Opening night 6 October 1987
Textual information
Translated into Swedish by Britt G. Hallqvist. Dramaturg is Herbert Grevenius.
Reviews
http:www.ingmarbergman.sw (accessed 11/2008).

Archive

Name

British Library Sound Archive

Email
listening@bl.uk
Web
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Phone
020 7412 7676
Fax
020 7412 7441
Address
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB

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