Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Hamlet
The play's the thing: this contribution to the Tom Stoppard season has all the famous lines, though not necessarily in the right order. Pure fun, yet proof that the essence of Shakespeare's play is irreducible.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Plays
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 14'15''
- Broadcast date: 2007
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
Elsinore | S1E4
The traitor, Lord Anders, has been found in Sweden and Claudius is dispatched to bring him back to Denmark. But in doing so, Claudius discovers some devastating news about what his brother, King Hamlet, is planning. Set in an alternative Europe in the 1930s, Elsinore imagines the turbulent world of the Danish Court in events that take place some years before the story told in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Elsinore | S1E3
Claudius has been sent to the mysterious - and magical - Kingdom of Carpathia to negotiate for the Princess of Carpathia to become King Hamlet's wife. In the process he learns some uncomfortable truths about himself and his brother. Set in an alternative Europe in the 1930s, Elsinore imagines the turbulent world of the Danish Court in events that take place some years before the story told in Shakespeare's Hamlet.