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- Rather decent and straightforward translation of the play, with notable performances from Jacobi as Hamlet, and Eric Porter as a rather striking Polonius.
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BBC TV/Time-Life (1980) Produced by Cedric Messina; directed by Rodney Bennett. Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart, Claire Bloom, Eric Porter. When Kenneth Branagh was filming his 1996 Hamlet, the actor playing Claudius staged an impromptu ceremony, handing Branagh a small red-bound copy of the play.
Directed by Rodney Bennett, HAMLET does both the text, and the legend justice in its depth and detail in the Bard's masterwork. Even at the age of 41 or 42, Derek Jacobi made a fantastic Hamlet. In his epic performance, Jacobi lends the role what it needs: a sensitivity and strength mixed with wanton spirit mired by madness, vulnerability and ...
- Rodney Bennett
- BBC, Time-Life Television Productions
Nov 9, 2018 · The Cedric Messina era, considered as a whole, represents a disappointing wrong turn. Rodney Bennett’s Hamlet, on the other hand, inspires confidence throughout. Famously, Laurence Olivier, when casting his film version of Hamlet chose a Gertrude (Eileen Herlie) who was younger than he was.
The BBC Television Shakespeare production, whose full title was Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, was broadcast on 25 May 1980, between the second and third series. Rodney Bennett's stark, spare production relied heavily on close-ups of its high-calibre cast, which included Derek Jacobi (Hamlet), Patrick Stewart (Claudius), Claire Bloom (Gertrude ...
showed that, because of its excellence, the BBC Hamlet was regularly used by every participant in the seminar on "Teaching Shakespeare to Undergraduates." Rodney Bennett was the director of the BBC Hamlet,5 and I taped an interview with him on 21 December 1983 in London.6 Much of what follows is based on that interview. I
Hamlet is Shakespeare's most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a "revenge tragedy," in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father's murderer, his uncle Claudius, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination, however, lies in its uncertainties. Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare) (Volume 3) Don’t be ...
BBC presents Shakespeare's classic tale of betrayal, murder, and revenge. Rodney Bennett's television adaptation of Hamlet stars Derek Jacobi as the most complex of all Shakespeare’s characters. Prince Hamlet is told by his father's ghost that his uncle Claudius has murdered him and married his widow.
