Hamlet
This analysis of the performance history of "Hamlet" recreates many productions from three centuries. The final chapters extend the analysis to a number of film versions, and to important European stage productions. It is intended both for students of Shakespearean theatre and for playgoers.
Print Book, English, ©1995
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, Manchester, New York, ©1995
Adaptations
ix, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780719039331, 9780719046254, 0719039339, 0719046254
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Ch. I. Performing Hamlet's meanings
Ch. II. Hamlet on stage 1600-1900
Ch. III. The 1920s: old ways meet the new stagecraft
Ch. IV. Gielgud and Olivier in the 1930s
Ch. V. Post-war Hamlets at Stratford-upon-Avon: 1948 and 1965
Ch. VI. Royal Shakespeare and Royal Court in 1980
Ch. VII. Hamlet at the movies: Olivier and Kozintsev
Ch. VIII. Through the looking glass: Zeffirelli and the BBC
Ch. IX. Translations