| Hamlet | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Julian Pringle |
| Based on | play by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Alan Burke |
| Starring | John Bell Jeff Ashby Anna Volska Max Cullen |
Production company | ABC |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 19 October 1974[1] |
Running time | 150 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Hamlet is a 1974 filmed adaptation of John Bell and Richard Wherrett's theatre production of the play.[2][3]
Cast
- John Bell as Hamlet
- Jeff Ashby as Claudius
- Max Cullen as Polonius and gravedigger
- Ken Lawrence as Marcellus, Fortinbras
- Roger Newcombe as Laertes and Guildenstern
- John Paramor as Rosencrantz and Horatio
- Anna Volska as Ophelia
- Beverly Phillips as Gertrude
- Michael Rolfe
- Wayne Phelan
Production
The text was reduced to 150 minuites with 21 characters played by a cast of ten. It was filmed less than a year before it aired.[4]
It was one of a series of play productions the ABC filmed around 1972 to 1974.
References
- ↑ "The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide". 14 October 1974. p. 4.
- ↑ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p76
- ↑ Hamlet 1973 Australian theatre production details at Ausstage
- ↑ "John Bell's Hamlet is different". The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide. 14 October 1974. p. 1.
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