Hamlet

01/01/2013

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0hr 0min

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Drama

STORY

In The Wooster Group’s 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 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 attempts to reverse the process, reconstructing a hypothetical theater piece from the fragmentary evidence of the edited film. We channel the ghost of the legendary 1964 performance, descending into a kind of madness, intentionally replacing our own spirit with the spirit of another.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Scott Shepherd
  • Ari Fliakos
  • Kate Valk
  • Koosil-ja
  • Alessandro Magania

    Director

  • Elizabeth LeCompte

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • The Wooster Group

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

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