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Hamlet / by William Shakespeare ; an Illuminations/Royal Shakespeare Company production for BBC in association with Thirteen for WNET.org and NHK ; producers, John Wyver, Sebastian Grant ; director, Gregory Doran.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet, author.
Contributor:
Doran, Gregory, director.
Wyver, John, producer.
Grant, Sebastian, producer.
Tennant, David, 1971- actor.
Stewart, Patrick, 1940- actor.
Englishby, Paul, composer.
Illuminations (Firm), producer.
Royal Shakespeare Company, producer.
British Broadcasting Corporation, producer.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk, producer.
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc., producer.
Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Melancholy.
Mothers and sons.
Children of murder victims.
Denmark.
Hamlet (Legendary character)--Drama.
Hamlet.
Hamlet (Legendary character).
Ghost plays.
Children of murder victims--Denmark--Drama.
Mothers and sons--Denmark--Drama.
Melancholy--Denmark--Drama.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Television melodramas.
Television programs.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 Blu-ray Disc (approximately 182 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Widescreen presentation.
Place of Publication:
[England] : British Broadcasting Corp. ; [New York] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]
Language Note:
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
System Details:
Blu-ray disc ; Dolby PCM stereo., 1080i High Definition; (Special features: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., standard definition); requires Blu-ray player.
digital
optical
stereo
Dolby digital 2.0
video file
Blu-ray disc
Summary:
This production of Shakespeare's masterpiece from Britain's renowned Royal Shakespeare Company was filmed on location rather than in the theatre. No recent stage production in Britain has attracted the excitement and nearly unanimous critical praise as this Hamlet. Dynamic, exciting, and contemporary, it breathes new life into Shakespeare's greatest play.
Participant:
David Tennant, Patrick Stewart.
Credits:
Director of photography, Chris Seager ; editor, Tony Cranstoun ; composer, Paul Englishby.
Notes:
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on BBC television in 2009.
Special features: Audio commentary with Gregory Doran, Sebastian Grant and Chris Seager; the making of Hamlet.
ISBN:
0780661168
9780780661165
OCLC:
608549242
Publisher Number:
883929131259
1000152140 British Broadcasting Corporation
3000030309 British Broadcasting Corporation

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