Shakespeare in Performance: Film
Hamlet Act (1982, Robert Nelson)
| Title | Hamlet Act |
|---|---|
| Year | 1982 |
| Release Locations | USA |
| Director | Robert Nelson |
| Medium | Black & white video |
| Length | 21 mins |
| Audience | college and university professional |
| Play Connections | Hamlet (documentary) |
Description
Made as an experimental avant-garde, post-modernist, film at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Its visual exploration of epistemological puzzles in Hamlet is analogous to verbal explorations in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
| Hamlet | Dick Blau |
|---|---|
| Player | Dave Fischer |
| Polonius | Bob Whitney |
Production Team and Crew Overview
| Director | Robert Nelson |
|---|---|
| Adaptor/Translator | Joseph Chang |
Company Overview
| Playgroup | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Film Department |
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Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell