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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.

Alternate Title: Shakespeare plays (Television program); The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare; BBC TV Shakespeare (Television program); Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Additional Contributors: Porter, Eric; Shakespeare, William; Allen, Patrick; James, Emrys; Messina, Cedric; Jacobi, Derek; Bloom, Claire; Bennett, Rodney; Simpson, Dudley; Stewart, Patrick

Publisher: New York - Ambrose Video Pub

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• BBC TV Shakespeare (London, England)
• Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare
• Works
• The complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Tragedy

Language: English

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

Performers: 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).

Notes: "Produced by BBC & Time-Life Films"--Container
"Digitally remastered; Picture & sound enhanced; English subtitled; PC/Mac downloadable scripts; word for word as written by William Shakespeare; the most popular and widely used versions of Shakespeare's plays; used in literature classes, libraries, universities and schools."--Container
Originally broadcast on the BBC series The Shakespeare plays in 1980
Taped Jan. 31-Feb. 8, 1980 at the BBC Television studios in London
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Statement of responsibility: by William Shakespeare ; presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation ; producer, Cedric Messina ; director, Rodney Bennett ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television

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

Other author misc: [Messina, Cedric, Bennett, Rodney, Jacobi, Derek, Bloom, Claire, 1931-, Stewart, Patrick, 1940-, Porter, Eric, 1928-1995, Allen, Patrick, 1927-2006, James, Emrys, 1930-1989, Simpson, Dudley, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet, British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, Time-Life Television, Ambrose Video Publishing]

Call number: DVD 822.33 S7 H1809 2000

Library Identifier 2188529

Description: 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.

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