Hamlet

Synopsis

Video recording of Hamlet directed by Karin Coonrod for the California Shakespeare Festival. Steven Skybell is Hamlet.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

1 Jul 2000

Duration

177 mins

Credits

Director

Karin Coonrod

Writer

William Shakespeare

Production Design

Christopher Akerlind

Costume

P.K. Wish

Cast

Steven Skybell	Hamlet
James Carpenter	Claudius
Karen Grassie	Gertrude
Gerald Hiken	Polonius
Stacy Ross	Ophelia
Jonathan Haugen	Laertes
Julie Eccles	Barnardo
Julie Eccles	Voltemand
Julie Eccles	Fortinbras
Michael Janes	Marcellus
Michael Janes	Rosencrantz
Michael Rogers	Horatio
Patrick Kerr	Osric
Patrick Kerr	Player King
Patrick Kerr	Reynaldo
Søren Oliver	Gravedigger
Søren Oliver	Ghost
Søren Oliver	Guildenstern

Additional Details

Theatre

Lt. G. H. Bruns III Memorial Amphitheatre, Berkeley, CA.

Production type

Stage Recordings

Historical period

1920s

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Stills

"Designer P.K. Wish’s costumes give the production the look of 20th century Europe between the World Wars, but it is a world made slightly off-balance by surreal touches of costume colour and design. The women, for example, wear bizarre, asymmetrical, big-butt hoop skirts."
John Angell Grant, Berkeley Daily Planet (Monday July 10, 2000).

Archive

Name

Museum of Performance & Design

Email

reference@mpdsf.org

Web

http://www.mpdsf.org External site opens in new window

Phone

415 755 4800 ext 818

Address

Veterans Building, 4th Floor
401 Van Ness Avenue 402
San Francisco
CA 94102
United States