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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark [videorecording] / by William Shakespeare ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television ; producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Rodney Bennett.

Ambrose Video Pub., [2000 or 2001]

Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Drama.

Revenge -- Drama.

Television plays

A Danish prince avenges the murder of his father, the king, by killing his uncle Claudius who murdered the king, usurped the throne, and married Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. Hamlet, considered the most complex of all Shakespeare's characters, examines the fundamental issues of justice, guilt, and death.

The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare.

1 videodisc (222 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1980.

DVD includes the complete script in Microsoft Word document format.

Senior cameraman, Jim Atkinson ; incidental music composed and conducted by Dudley Simpson ; videotape editor, David Hillier.

Derek Jacobi (Hamlet), Claire Bloom (Gertrude), Patrick Stewart (Claudius), Eric Porter (Polonius), Lalla Ward (Ophelia), David Robb (Laertes), Patrick Allen (Ghost of Hamlet's Father), Robert Swann (Horatio), Jonathan Hyde (Rosencrantz), Geoffrey Bateman (Guildenstern), Emrys James (First Player (King)), Jason Kemp (Second Player (Queen)), Geoffrey Beevers (Third Player (Lucianus)), Bill Homewood (Player in the mime, King), Peter Richards (Player in the mime, Queen), Terence McGinity (Player in the mime, Murderer), Peter Burroughs (Player), Stuart Fell (Player), Ian Charleson (Fortinbras), Tim Wylton (First Gravedigger), Peter Benson (Second Gravedigger), Paul Humpoletz (Marcellus), Niall Padden (Bernardo), Christopher Baines (Francisco), John Humphry (Voltemand), John Sterland (Cornelius), Peter Gale (Osric), Raymond Mason (Reynaldo), Dan Meaden (Norwegian Captain), Iain Blair (Sailor), Reginald Jessup (Messenger), Michael Poole (Priest), David Henry (English Ambassador).

Taped Jan. 31-Feb. 8, 1980 at the BBC Television studios in London.

Taped Jan. 31-Feb. 8, 1980 at the BBC Television studios in London.

System requirements for script: PC or Mac with Microsoft Word, DVD-ROM drive.

Optional English subtitles.

Messina, Cedric

Bennett, Rodney

Bloom, Claire, 1931-

Porter, Eric, 1928-

Stewart, Patrick, 1940-

Allen, Patrick, 1927-2006.

James, Emrys, 1930-1989.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

Time-Life Television.

Ambrose Video Publishing

Additional title:

Title on disc label: Hamlet

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