Christopher Plummer
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Hamlet at Elsinore is a 1964 television version of the c. 1600 play by William Shakespeare. Produced by the BBC in association with Danish Radio, it was shown in the U.S. on NET. Winning wide acclaim both for its performances and for being shot entirely at Helsingør (Elsinore in English), in
Hamlet at Elsinore: Directed by Philip Saville. With Christopher Plummer, Robert Shaw, Alec Clunes, Michael Caine. Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
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- Drama
- Philip Saville
- 1964-11-15
The BBC marked the four hundred year anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth with an ambitious production, Hamlet at Elsinore, shown on 19 April 1964. Hamlet was filmed the previous autumn in and...
A group of traveling actors comes to Elsinore, and Hamlet seizes upon an idea to test his uncle’s guilt. He will have the players perform a scene closely resembling the sequence by which Hamlet imagines his uncle to have murdered his father, so that if Claudius is guilty, he will surely react.
Nov 5, 2023 · Hamlet at Elsinore. Home. Watch now. 1964 production of Shakespeare's famous play. Filmed in Elsinore, Denmark. Available now. 2 hours, 50 minutes. Last on. Sun 5 Nov 2023 23:15. BBC Four....
Hamlet at Elsinore - History of the BBC. 19 April 1964. Michael Caine as Horatio and Christopher Plummer as Hamlet. The BBC marked the four hundred year anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth...
Francisco is keeping watch at Elsinore castle. Bernardo arrives to relieve him of duty, and they remark on the quiet, cold night. Horatio and Marcellus enter and exchange greetings before Francisco leaves. Horatio wants to know if a ghost has reappeared tonight. Bernardo and Marcellus swear it’s real, although the ghost hasn’t shown up yet.
