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LENGTH3 hrs
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RELEASE DATE01-01-95
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Program TypePerformance
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Publisher's Summary
"You get the immediacy of a live production of Hamlet on Broadway in the nervousness of the actors, knowing that they can't go back on it, that this is for all time, unlike films, where you can if you make a mistake go back and do it again. The particular intensity and nerves of this is probably the same kind of thing that excites a real audience in a real theatre." - Richard Burton
For more informative lectures about this work, don't miss A Study Guide to Hamlet.
Or, listen to a conversation with Professor Harold Bloom.
Listen to Professor Harold Bloom's conversation on Hamlet as Everyman.
(P)1995 Onward Production Ltd. and Paul Brownstein Productions, Inc.
What the Critics Say
"Time and again he takes a speech or an action we had thought fixed forever in unshakeable conception and daringly hurls it into new life. He is humorous when we expect solemnity and withdrawn when we anticipate aggression.�" (Newsweek)
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Thomas A. Copeland Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio 01-25-03 Member Since 2000- HELPFUL VOTES
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"Burton at His Best"
Richard Burton was born to play Hamlet. This performance is a classic which everyone ought to know. The soliloquies are unique, differing in interpretation in the most imaginative ways from their counterparts in former recorded productions. Hume Cronyn, despite his American accent, is a superb old fox as Polonius, and Gielgud as ghost finally found a role which requires his stylized delivery.
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"THE Hamlet performance"
Burton's performance (and the rest of the cast) make the Olivier Hamlet seem like a long boring sermon. The sound is that of a relic from the 1960's and isn't that bad for all that. We might as well complain that the Book of Kells illuminator sometimes colored outside the lines or that a painting isn't as precise as a photograph. I had it in an LP (if you remember what those were) and in a video, but the sound recording is the absolute best. When it's over, I start it again because without it, of course, "... the rest is silence."
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""You Foolish Fool!""
Would you consider the audio edition of Richard Burton's Hamlet to be better than the print version?Richard Burton performing Hamlet...LIVE! Yes!
What other book might you compare Richard Burton's Hamlet to and why?I could be entertained by my old college biology text book if Richard Burton had made a recording of it.
What does Richard Burton and a full cast bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?Performing Hamlet...Live! No covering up mistakes and captures the excitement of live theater. I absolutely love it.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?Hamlet laying on the guilt trip to his mother about marrying his father's brother and implying she and his uncle murdered him. It is very heart wrenching and dramatic.
Any additional comments?"Oh Hamlet, speak no more!" sobbing..."No more!" sobbing...
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"Picky, Picky"
What did you like best about Richard Burton's Hamlet? What did you like least?Burton directed by Gielgud doing
What did you like best about this story?A masterpiece. A multi-layered story that gets richer with every listening/reading.
Was Richard Burton's Hamlet worth the listening time?A cult classic.
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"Bad Sound"
Not sure there's anything to correct the fuzziness.
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