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1 online resource (streaming video file) (149 min.) |
| 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 that was shown as a special event for only two days in nearly 1,000 movie houses across the U.S. The idea of bringing a live theater experience to thousands of simultaneous viewers in different cities was trumpeted as a new form called "Theatrofilm," made possible through "the miracle of Electronovision." The Wooster Group's production attempts to reverse the process, reconstructing a hypothetical theater piece from the fragmentary evidence of the edited film. HAMLET channels the ghost of the legendary 1964 performance, descending into a kind of madness, intentionally replacing their own spirit with the spirit of another |
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Title from title frames |
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Film |
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In Process Record |
| Performer |
Alessandro Magania, Ari Fliakos, Casey Spooner, Daniel Pettrow, Fischerspooner, Greg Mehrten, Kate Valk, Koosil-ja, Scott Shepherd |
| Event |
Originally produced by The Wooster Group in 2012 |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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In English. Closed-captioned |
| Subject |
Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Drama
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet -- Film adaptations
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Hamlet (Legendary character) |
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Hamlet (Shakespeare, William) fast (OCoLC)fst01356128 |
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Revenge -- Drama
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Revenge.
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Film adaptations.
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Drama.
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Education films.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
LeCompte, Elizabeth, film director
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Wooster Group (Firm), distributor
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Kanopy (Firm)
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