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Hamlet

Hamlet

(2013)

Overview

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.

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  1. Director : Elizabeth LeCompte
  2. Cast : Scott Shepherd,Ari Fliakos,Kate Valk,Koosil-ja,Alessandro Magania,Greg Mehrten,Daniel Pettrow,Casey Spooner

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Original TitleHamlet

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2013-01-01

Original LanguageEnglish

Homepagehttps://thewoostergroup.org/hamlet

Production CompaniesThe Wooster Group

Genres

  • Drama

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