Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsList of Plates
Series editor’s preface
Acknowledgements
1. Performing Hamlet’s meanings
2. Hamlet on stage 1600-1900
3. The 1920s: old ways meet new stagecraft
4. Gielgud and Olivier in the 1930s
5. Post-war Hamlets at Stratford-upon-Avon: 1948 and 1965
6. Royal Shakespeare and Royal Court in 1980
7. Hamlet at the movies: Olivier and Kozintsev
8. Through the looking glass: Zeffirelli and the BBC
9. Translations
Notes
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
