Hamlet

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Added Author). Lough, Robin. (Added Author). Essiedu, Paapa. (Added Author). Walters, Ewart James. (Added Author). Smith, Clarence. (Added Author). Royal Shakespeare Company. (Added Author). Cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company: Paapa Essiedu (Hamlet) ; Ewart James Walters (Ghost/Gravedigger) ; Clarence Smith (Claudius) ; Hiran Abeysekera (Horatio) ; Romayne Andrews (Osric/Sailor) ; Doreene Blackstock (Player Queen) ; Eke Chukwu (Voltemand) ; James Cooney (Rosencrantz) ; Bethan Cullinane (Guildenstern) ; Marième Diouf (Player/Cornelia) ; Kevin N. Golding (Bernardo/Player King/Captain/Priest) ; Marcus Griffiths (Laertes) ; Byron Mondahl (Professor of Wittenbert/English Ambassodor) ; Tanya Moodie (Gertrude) ; Cyril Nri (Polonius) ; Theo Ogundipe (Marcellus/Lucianus/Fortinbras) ; Natalie Simpson (Ophelia) ; Temi Wilkey (Francisca/Player/Gravedigger's Assistant). (Cast).

Summary: In this reframed version of Shakespeare's play, young Hamlet is a prince from an unnamed African state who has the world at his feet, young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home, he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainities smashed, and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order, he faces a stark choice, submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Publisher: Covent Garden, London : Opus Arte, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	Filmed stage play. "Live from Stratford-upon-Avon"--Container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2016. Liner notes by Ewan Fernie, in English, French, and German. Extra features: Playing Hamlet; director's commentary; cast gallery.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Composer, Sola Akingbola ; editor, Steve Eveleigh.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company: Paapa Essiedu (Hamlet) ; Ewart James Walters (Ghost/Gravedigger) ; Clarence Smith (Claudius) ; Hiran Abeysekera (Horatio) ; Romayne Andrews (Osric/Sailor) ; Doreene Blackstock (Player Queen) ; Eke Chukwu (Voltemand) ; James Cooney (Rosencrantz) ; Bethan Cullinane (Guildenstern) ; Marième Diouf (Player/Cornelia) ; Kevin N. Golding (Bernardo/Player King/Captain/Priest) ; Marcus Griffiths (Laertes) ; Byron Mondahl (Professor of Wittenbert/English Ambassodor) ; Tanya Moodie (Gertrude) ; Cyril Nri (Polonius) ; Theo Ogundipe (Marcellus/Lucianus/Fortinbras) ; Natalie Simpson (Ophelia) ; Temi Wilkey (Francisca/Player/Gravedigger's Assistant).
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	First performed 12 March 2016 ; recorded at Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 8 June 2016.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC; all regions, Dolby digital surround ; 16.9 anamorphic ; double layer disc.
Language Note:	Spoken in Shakespeare's English, with optional English subtitles.