Hamlet [Videorecording] / a Theatrofilm production.

Contributor(s): Burton, Richard, 1925- [act.] | Drake, Alfred, 1914- [act.] | Cronyn, Hume [act.] | Herlie, Eileen [act.] | Marsh, Linda [act.] | Gielgud, John, Sir, 1904- [drt.] | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet | Electronovision ProductionsMaterial type: FilmFilmReference number:36390027Publisher number: 74321 403603Publication details: [S.l.] : [London] : Onward Production Ltd. and Paul Brownstein Productions ; BMG Video [distributor], c1996. Description: 2 videocassettes (VHS)(3 hrs. 10 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. + Program guideOther title: Richard Burton's HamletProduction credits: Directed by Sir John Gielgud ; produced for the screen by William Sargent and Alexander H. Cohen ; restoration producer, Paul Brownstein.Cast: Richard Burton, Alfred Drake, Hume Cronyn, Eileen Herlie, Linda Marsh.Summary: Conceived as a final run-through and staged in rehearsal clothes on a bare stage, with some props or substitutes, the beauty of the language and imagery of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy come alive solely through the performance of the actors.
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Title on cassette and container: Richard Burton's Hamlet.

Restored version of a filmed stage performance, originally shown in theaters on Sept. 23-24, 1964; includes an interview with Burton discussing the "electronovision" process. Restored in collaboration with the National Film and Television Archive of the British Film Institute.

Richard Burton, Alfred Drake, Hume Cronyn, Eileen Herlie, Linda Marsh.

Directed by Sir John Gielgud ; produced for the screen by William Sargent and Alexander H. Cohen ; restoration producer, Paul Brownstein.

Filmed at the Lunt-Fontaine Theater, New York, on June 30 and July 1, 1964.

Conceived as a final run-through and staged in rehearsal clothes on a bare stage, with some props or substitutes, the beauty of the language and imagery of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy come alive solely through the performance of the actors.

VHS format.

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