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  1. Hamlet III: The Poisoned Kingdom (1959 Film, Video)

    Series
    Hamlet
    Director
    John Barnes; Douglas Campbell; Michael Langham; Floyd Rinker

    The play’s theme of ‘poison’ is explored, both in the physical sense of the three poisoning episodes, and in the figurative sense of subtly spreading corruption and evil.

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  2. Danish Tragedy, The (1958 Radio)

    Producer
    Rayner Heppenstall

    Radio drama by Michael Innes, attempting to reconstruct the Ur-Hamlet, a lost play possibly written by Thomas Kyd, believed to be the immediate source of Hamlet. As Innes writes: "Basically ... I have tried...

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  3. Hamlet (1956 Television)

    Director
    Peter Brook

    Television production of Hamlet, heavily abridged. Directed by Peter Brook with Paul Scofield as Hamlet. The Phoenix Theatre, London stage production went out live from a studio; it was thought that such a...

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  4. Take It from Here [11/02/1951] (1954 Radio)

    aka: Hamlet Pantomime

    Series
    Take It from Here
    Producer
    Charles Maxwell

    BBC radio comedy series. In a sketch within this episode June Whitfield (Hamlet), Jimmy Edwards (Gertrude) and Alma Cogan (Ophelia) stage Hamlet as a pantomime. Sections of the dialogue run thus: June: Now,...

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  5. Fool’s Saga, The (1949 Radio)

    Producer
    Rayner Heppenstall

    Radio play written and produced by Rayner Heppenstall in which he tries to dramatise the story of Amleth, the figure Hamlet is based on, as he occurs in various Scandinavian legends. David King-Wood plays...

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  6. Hamlet (1947 Television)

    Director
    George More O’Ferrall
    Producer
    George More O’Ferrall; Basil Adams

    Ambitious two-part televised adaptation of the play produced by George More O’Ferrall, with John Byron as Hamlet.

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  7. Ophelia (1947 Radio)

    Series
    Imaginary Conversations
    Producer
    Rayner Heppenstall

    Radio play written for broadcasting by G. W. Stonier. Attempts to motivate Ophelia’s unexplained madness in Hamlet. With incidental music composed by Elizabeth Lutyens and conducted by Edward Clark.

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  8. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1946 Radio)

    Series
    World Theatre
    Producer
    Howard Rose

    Radio adaptation of the play produced by Howard Rose. With Barry Morse in the title role and Sara Jackson as Ophelia.

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  9. Theatre Programme [13/11/1946] (1946 Radio)

    Series
    Theatre Programme (Second Series)
    Producer
    Ayton Whitaker

    First of the second series of the fortnightly theatrical review magazine commissioned for radio by the BBC Light Programme. Includes recordings of extracts from The English Arts Theatre company’s...

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  10. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1944 Radio)

    Series
    Radio Theatre: Shakespeare’s Characters
    Producer
    Mary Hope Allen

    Radio broadcast on an excerpt from Hamlet that focuses on the characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Arranged for radio by Herbert Farjeon and produced by Mary Hope Allen. With Leslie Stokes and...

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