Productions Flashcards
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Key talking points in the Luke Thallon RSC 2025 production.
1) Gertrude slaps Hamlet after the mousetrap scene- alligned with Claudius
2) Great moments of metatheatre - Hamlet points to a married couple when he says they’ll be no more marriage
3) Claudius throws paper over his shoulder concerning Fortinbras
4) Hamlet holds a gun in his mouth and uses a gun to kill Polonius
5) Hamlet walks off into the light before he dies, then the ship rights itself
Key talking points in the Kenneth Branagh 1996 film
1) Flashbacks: Flashback to old King Hamlet’s death and to Ophelia and Hamlet’s sexual interactions- makes them seem real and confirms it for audience
2) Ophelia appears in a straightjacket in act 4
3) See Hamlet’s imagination in killing Claudius when he is confessing - sword in his head
4) Hamlet dies and has his arms outsplayed in a cross- looks like jesus
Rory Kinnear National Theatre 2010
1) Gertrude raises a glass to Claudius after her set piece- suggests she killed Ophelia
Key talking points in Laurence Olivier 1948 production
1) Ghost is a dark figure in the shadows, but his lines are delivered by Laurence Olivier who also plays Hamlet
2) Very physical with his mother in 3,4 and throws her onto bed- loves her a little too much
3) Do not see the Ghost in 3,4
Key talking point from Richard Eyre 1980
1) Ghost never appeared on stage and 1,1 is cut. All Ghost’s lines are delivered by Hamlet who speaks them as if corrupted by a poltergeist
Key talking points from Andrew Scott production 2018
1) Sits alone in Act 1, Scene 2 away from everyone
2)During Act 1. Scene 2 Gertrude and Claudius are kissing in the background of Hamlet’s soliloquy soliloquy
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