9 episodes
Hamlet National Theatre
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The National Theatre Company gave it's first ever performance in 1963 of Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier and starring Peter O'Toole. Hamlet is one of the most performed, filmed and reinterpreted plays ever written. The Hamlet collection includes interviews with the artists from Nicholas Hytner's 2010 production, Richard Eyre discussing his vision of Elsinore, a background pack to John Caird's 2000 production starring Simon Russell Beale and voice work films that explore key speeches from the play with Jeannette Nelson Head of Voice at the National Theatre.
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O that this too too solid flesh…
Rory Kinnear performs the first half of the soliloquy 'O that this too too solid flesh...' for the trailer for the Nicholas Hytner's production of Hamlet 2010.
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Hamlet Flipchart guide for teachers
Download a free Hamlet interactive whiteboard resource for your classroom using the link to the left of your screen. This guide accompanies that resource.
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Nicholas Hytner’s Hamlet (2010) - Pamphlet
A pamphlet about Nicholas Hytner’s production of Hamlet at the National Theatre in 2010, starring Rory Kinnear. The pamphlet contains production images, articles, interviews, and research for the show.
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Voice work on ‘To be, or not to be…’
Head of Voice at the National Theatre, Jeannette Nelson works on Hamlet's speech ‘To be, or not to be...' with actor Ferdinand Kingsley. They look at consonants in the speech for structure and indicating Hamlet's thought process.
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Voice work on ‘O what a noble mind…’
Head of Voice at the National Theatre, Jeannette Nelson works on Ophelia's speech ‘O, what a noble mind...' with actor Ellie Turner. The look at vowel sound in the speech as the conduit of emotion.
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Mark Lawson interviews Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner is interviewed by Mark Lawson at a Platform event at the National Theatre. They discuss Hytner’s approach to the play and his interpretation of the text.
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