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"Shakespeare's classic tragedy is re-imagined by mixing and repurposing Richard Burton's 1964 Broadway production, directed by John Gielgud. The Burton production was recorded in live performance from 17 camera angles and edited into a film ... The Wooster Group attempts to reverse th...

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Corporate Authors: Fischerspooner (Musical group) (Composer), Wooster Group (Performer)
Other Authors: LeCompte, Elizabeth (Director), Hedstrom, Cynthia (Producer), Shepherd, Scott (Actor), Fliakos, Ari (Actor), Valk, Kate (Actor), Mehrten, Greg (Actor), Spooner, Casey, 1970- (Actor), Pettrow, Daniel (Actor), Magania, Alessandro, 1969- (Actor), Hwang, Koosil-ja, 1960- (Actor), Tipton, Jennifer (Lighting designer), Cohen, Alexander H., 1920-2000 (Producer), Gielgud, John, 1904-2000 (Director), Burton, Richard, 1925-1984 (Actor), Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video DVD Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York : The Wooster Group, [2015]
Subjects:
Hamlet > (Legendary character) > Drama.
Princes > Denmark > Drama.
Murder > Denmark > Drama.
Revenge > Drama.
English drama (Tragedy)
Hamlet (Legendary character)
Murder.
Princes.
Revenge.
Denmark.
Filmed performances.
Filmed plays.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
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Summary:"Shakespeare's classic tragedy is re-imagined by mixing and repurposing Richard Burton's 1964 Broadway production, directed by John Gielgud. The Burton production was recorded in live performance from 17 camera angles and edited into a film ... The Wooster Group attempts to reverse the process, reconstructing a hypothetical theater piece from the fragmentary evidence of the edited film"--Container.
Item Description:Stage production developed from a special film of the 1964 Broadway production of Hamlet produced by Alexander H. Cohen, directed by John Gielgud, and starring Richard Burton in the role of Hamlet--Pamphlet.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet (4 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm)
Format:DVD.
Blu-ray.
Production Credits:Set, Ruud van den Akker ; lighting, Jennifer Tipton ; video, Andrew Schneider, Aron Deyo ; costumes, Claudia Hill ; songs by Fischerspooner.