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There are few better-known words in the English language. Shakespeare has been elevated to the status of Literature Deity, and verse from Hamlet, perhaps his most famous play, can be heard in schoolrooms across the country...
...celebrity of this play can pose problems for those desiring to perform it. Hamlet has been staged so often, by such great talents, that any traditional treatment of the text is redundant. However, the sanctification of Shakespeare's words may make innovation a daunting process...
...early scenes of the play, Costumer Phoebe Faux clothed the characters in World War II-era garments. Only Hamlet, dressed completely in black and his father's ghost, in armor, deviate from this theme. This idea, coupled with interesting staging, gives the text an appealing freshness...
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There's something rotten in Denmark but, surprisingly, it isn't Mel Gibson as Hamlet. It's director Franco Zefferelli's abbreviated version of this brooding Shakesperean tragedy. Glenn Close and Helena Bonham Carter are splendidly tormented...