Shakespeare In Perspective | Hamlet

Hamlet

Clive James offers a personal view of Shakespeare's play, 'the greatest in the English language', whose hero 'incarnates the dignity of human consciousness'.

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Content
  • Type: Factual, Plays
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 24'28''
  • Broadcast date: 1980
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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