Hamlet (1956 film)
| "Hamlet (1956 film)" | |
|---|---|
| ITV Play of the Week episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 23 |
| Directed by | Peter Brook |
| Based on | Hamlet by William Shakespeare |
| Original air date | February 27, 1956 |
Hamlet is a 1956 British television play, an adaptation of Peter Brook's Phoenix Theatre production of the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.[1] It was filmed for television at the end of the play's run and consisted of scenes from the play interspersed with Brooks' narration.[2][3]
Cast
- Paul Scofield sa Hamlet
- Mary Ure as Ophelia
- Diana Wynyard as Gertrude
- Alec Clunes as Claudius
- Ernest Thesiger as Polonius
- Richard Johnson as Laertes
- Harry H. Corbett as Gravedigger
Reception
The Birmingham Evening Mail called it "honest and moving".[4] The Evening Sentinel called it "one of the best television occasions of recent times... wonderfully compelling."[5]
The Birmingham Post thought Scofield "gives a moving performance" and "pictorially the production was very moving though occasionally the cameras over used the close up".[6]
The Daily Telegraph wrote "lovers of the play, I imagine, hardly found this filetted edition satisfactory. But as a sort of 'Shakespeare without tears' for the homes of those still unfamiliar with the dramatist, the experiment served admirably."[7]
References
- ^ "Paul Scofield's Hamlet". Birmingham Evening Mail. 24 February 1956. p. 2.
- ^ Trewin, J. C. (1971). Peter Brook: a biography. Macdonald and Co. p. 93.
- ^ "On the airwaves". Daily Mirror. 25 February 1956. p. 2.
- ^ "Stop watch Hamlet". Birmingham Evening Mail. 28 February 1956. p. 4.
- ^ "Hamlet - one up to ITV in the cultural war". Evening Sentinel. 29 February 1956. p. 5.
- ^ "Hamlet on ITV". The Birmingham Post. 28 February 1956. p. 14.
- ^ "TV drama". The Daily Telegraph. 28 February 1956. p. 8.