The Learning Zone | Film Education: Hamlet – To Cut or not to Cut?

Duration: 29'16''

Synopsis

This education programme examines the importance of soliloquies in Shakespeare's work, and includes an exclusive interview with Kenneth Branagh about the challenges of producing a 'full length' version of the play for the screen.

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