Synopsis
Richard Eyre interviews avant-garde director Peter Brook about the inspiration behind his production of Shakespeare's play at Theatre des Bouffes Du Nord, Paris.
Peter Brook's Hamlet
A screen recording of Peter Brook’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, performed at the Bouffe du Nord Theatre in Paris The production is staged on a rectangle of red-orange cloth with only a couple of benches and a scattering of multi-coloured cushions, accompanied by a haunting soundscape ranging from muffled bells to birds in flight. Speeches and scenes are reassigned and roles are frequently doubled or tripled.
Hamlet (1964)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, learns of his father's murder by his uncle and plots revenge. A masterful adaptation of Shakespeare's play with a memorable score by Dmitri Shostakovich. In Russian with English subtitles.