Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare ; produced by BBC & Time-Life Films

Type

Label

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare ; produced by BBC & Time-Life Films

Note

Digitally remastered ; picture & sound enhanced ; word for word as written by William Shakespeare

Color

multicolored

Dimensions

other

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

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)

Physical Description

1 videodisc (222 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific Material Designation

videodisc

System control number

(Sirsi) 856301(OCoLC)50544529

System details

DVDSystem requirements: PC/Mac downloadable scripts

Videorecording format

DVD