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Richard Burton's Hamlet (1964)

Richard Burton's Hamlet poster
Original title
Hamlet
Directed by
John Gielgud
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
3h 11m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a filmed record of a 1964 Broadway production of Hamlet. Richard Burton plays the Danish prince in a tight, psychological take on Shakespeare's tragedy of revenge and madness.

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What happens

Richard Burton's Hamlet is a common name for both the Broadway production of William Shakespeare's tragedy that played from April 9 to August 8, 1964 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and for the filmed record of it that has been released theatrically and on home video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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