Hamlet
National Theatre
The National Theatre Company gave it's first ever performance in 1963 of Hamlet, directed by Laurence Olivier and starring Peter O'Toole. Hamlet is one of the most performed, filmed and reinterpreted plays ever written. The Hamlet collection includes interviews with the artists from Nicholas Hytner's 2010 production, Richard Eyre discussing his vision of Elsinore, a background pack to John Caird's 2000 production starring Simon Russell Beale and voice work films that explore key speeches from the play with Jeannette Nelson Head of Voice at the National Theatre.
Episodes
O that this too too solid flesh…
Rory Kinnear performs the beginning of the soliloquy.
Creating Elsinore
How has Elsinore been viewed and interpreted on stage?
Interview with Rory Kinnear
Rory Kinnear on playing Hamlet
Mark Lawson interviews Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner on directing Hamlet
Voice work on ‘O what a noble mind…’
Voice work on Ophelia's speech.
Voice work on ‘To be, or not to be…’
Voice work on Hamlet’s speech.
Nicholas Hytner’s Hamlet (2010) - Pamphlet
Images, articles, interviews and research.
John Caird’s Hamlet (2000) - Pamphlet
Images, articles, interviews and points for discussion.
Hamlet Flipchart guide for teachers
This guide accompanies an interactive whiteboard resource