Performed by Jonathan Goad, Seana McKenna, Geraint Wyn Davies, Tim Campbell, Adrienne Gould, Tom Rooney, Mike Shara, Sarah Afful, Juan Chioran, and Ijeoma Emesowum. 'Captured live in Stratford-upon-Avon, Simon Godwin's fresh retelling, set in an unnamed African state, sees Paapa Essiedu shine in the title role, becoming the first Black actor to play Hamlet for the RSC.' Produced by Kimberly Myers: Broadway Theatre Archive, 1990, 2 hours 49 minutes.' Performed by Peter Francis James, Dana Ivey, Brian Murray, Josef Sommer, Michael Cumpsty, Diane Venora, Kevin Kline, MacIntyre Dixon, Rene Rivera, and Bill Camp. 'Directed by Kevin Kline and Kirk Browning. Produced by Cedric Messina: BBC Worldwide, 1980, 3 hours 34 minutes.' Performed by Sir Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Sir Patrick Stewart, Eric Porter, Lalla Ward, David Robb, Patrick Allen, Robert Swann, Jonathan Hyde, and Emrys James. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.' It is Shakespeare's longest play with 30,557 words.

It's an excellent production.' The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 15. Although I personally do not find this offensive as a viewer, I have to be sensitive to the values of my community, and I strongly advise teachers who want to show this to preview this film and make sure that it's acceptable for your school, students, and district.

More problematic is that during Ophelia's mad scene, when she is referring to 'Young men will do't if they come to it,' she thrusts her hips into Claudius and then lies on the floor raising and lowering her hips in a manner suggestive of intercourse. You do not see frontal nudity, rear ends, or genitalia.

One heads-up: If you are a teacher intending to show this to a class, please be aware that there is some brief nudity in Act IV (the second half of the movie) in a very brief flashback scene in which Hamlet and Ophelia are shown naked on a bed kissing. Branagh takes very few interpretive risks with the text, unlike Gibson, Jacobi, and Tennant, but while this does not make for an exciting re-reading of the play, it does provide a fantastic 'baseline' to evaluate other productions. This is the most faithful adaptation of Shakespeare's play currently available.

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