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This is a Great Performances presentation of Joseph Papp's 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of the play... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | MacIntyre Dixon | ... | Francisco / Gravedigger / Player |
 | Rene Rivera | ... | Bernardo / Lucianus |
| Bill Camp | ... | Marcellus / Sailor / Player |
| Peter Francis James | ... | Horatio |
| Robert Murch | ... | Ghost / Priest |
 | Dana Ivey | ... | Gertrude |
| Brian Murray | ... | Claudius |
| Josef Sommer | ... | Polonius |
| Michael Cumpsty | ... | Laertes |
 | Diane Venora | ... | Ophelia |
 | Kevin Kline | ... | Hamlet |
| Phillip Goodwin | ... | Rosencrantz |
 | Reg E. Cathey | ... | Guildenstern |
| Clement Fowler | ... | Player King / Lord |
| Tanny McDonald | ... | Player Queen / Lady-in-Waiting |
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For a simple appreciation of Shakespeare's text, it doesn't get any better than this lean production of Hamlet. Kline is almost perfectly suited to the role, his piercing intelligence cutting straight to the heart of the Dane in every scene. It is not possible for one actor to be all Hamlets to all experts, and he doesn't try, simply approaching the words with emotional and intellectual honesty at every point. There rest of the cast is top-notch (the redoubtable Ms. Venora also played Hamlet at one time).
This is a spare production from the NY Shakespeare Festival that was justifiably famous in its time, and it's great that it has been preserved on video for posterity.