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Discovering Hamlet on Video - 1990

Discovering Hamlet Video
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Exclusive interview with Derek Jacobi (34 min.)

Bonus disc with behind-the-scenes footage, cast and crew interviews, and extended production interviews with Jacobi (162 min.)

12-page viewer’s guide with an introduction by director Mark Olshaker, a history of the Renaissance Theatre Company, critical reactions to the production, and an article on Hamlet’s textual challenges

Hamlets Through the Ages profiles

cast biographies

Patrick Stewart biography

photo gallery

SDH subtitles

Available On:
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Starring:
Kenneth Branagh

Derek Jacobi

Studio: Acorn Media, Unicorn Projects

Filmed: 1990 - Released: 1990

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