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Hamlet / 2 entertain : Illuminations, Royal Shakespeare Company for BBC ; in association with Thirteen for WNET.org and NHK ; producers, John Wyver, Sebastian Grant ; director, Gregory Doran.
LIBRA DVD PR2807.A23 T46 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Hamlet (Television program : 2009)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet--Television adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Hamlet (Legendary character)--Drama.
- Hamlet.
- Hamlet (Legendary character).
- Hamlet (Shakespeare, William).
- Children of murder victims--Denmark--Drama.
- Children of murder victims.
- Mothers and sons--Denmark--Drama.
- Mothers and sons.
- Princes--Denmark--Drama.
- Princes.
- Denmark.
- Denmark--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Television programs -- Great Britain.
- Adaptations.
- Fiction television programs.
- Made-for-TV movies.
- Television adaptations.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Tragedies.
- Filmed performances.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (182 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Distribution:
- Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]
- [New York] : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas.
- Place of Publication:
- [England] : BBC.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) pressentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
- digital optical stereo Dolby Digital
- widescreen (1.85:1)
- 4 3/4 in.
- video file DVD video region 1
- 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, Penny Downie, Oliver Ford Davies, Mariah Gale, Edward Bennett, Peter De Jersey, Sam Alexander, Tom Davey.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Chris Seager; editor, Tony Cranstoun; music, Paul Englishby.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the filmed stage play which was originally broadcast on television in 2009.
- Based on Hamlet / by William Shakespeare.
- Special features: audio commentary with Gregory Doran, Sebastian Grant and Chris Seager; Hamlet, behind the scenes featurette; Think theatre featurette.
- ISBN:
- 0780660897
- 9780780660892
- OCLC:
- 608331496
- Publisher Number:
- 883929114177
- 00883929114177 gtin-14
- 1000122822 British Broadcasting Corporation
- 2000037580 British Broadcasting Corporation
- 3000029128 Warner Home Video
- Online:
- Credits from Internet movie database
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