Hamlet /
"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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Format: | Video DVD Blu-ray Disc |
Language: | English |
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New York :
The Wooster Group,
[2015]
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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. |
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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. |