Hamlet (1996) starring Kenneth
Branagh, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie,
Derek Jacobi, Charlton Heston
Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet
Personal Review: Hamlet (1996) starring Kenneth Branagh, Kate
Winslet, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Charlton Heston
I recently used this video with my senior students. I teach in a low
economic area of Los Angeles. The students responded well to it and
were able to follow the plot except for the one section where the troupe of
actors comes to perform at Elsinore. This whole section is a giant actor -
manager-playwright in-joke that Shakespeare inserted but which my
students were mystified by. Additionally, I had to explain to them that
Hamlet is requesting the players to alter the play to look more like the
scene of his father's murder.
The costume and staging of the play are subdued and not distracting. The
acting...that is the movement of the characters and their facial expressions
are well done enough that my students could interpret emotions even
without understanding the words.
There are some surprise cameos: Robin Williams, Charleton Heston, etc.
Overall, Branagh has done a great job with the staging of this play and it
works well with students.
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