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William Shakespeare (play)
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This is a Great Performances presentation of Joseph Papp's 1990 New York Shakespeare Festival production of the play...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| MacIntyre Dixon | ... | Francisco / Gravedigger / Player | |
| Rene Rivera | ... | Bernardo / Lucianus | |
| Bill Camp | ... | Marcellus / Sailor / Player | |
| Peter Francis James | ... | Horatio | |
| Robert Murch | ... | Ghost / Priest | |
| Dana Ivey | ... | Gertrude | |
| Brian Murray | ... | Claudius | |
| Josef Sommer | ... | Polonius | |
| Michael Cumpsty | ... | Laertes | |
| Diane Venora | ... | Ophelia | |
| Kevin Kline | ... | Hamlet | |
| Philip Goodwin | ... | Rosencrantz | |
| Reg E. Cathey | ... | Guildenstern | |
| Clement Fowler | ... | Player King / Lord | |
| Tanny McDonald | ... | Player Queen / Lady-in-Waiting |
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The best of the stagey Hamlets I've seen, as opposed to the Gibson and Branagh really dedicated movie versions. I expected even better from Kline though; if he was pushing a new interpretation, I missed it completely. It was, after all, stagey, and pretty much standard in reading.
The disturbing thing is that I thought the Player King in his Priam speech was more natural than the outer play. I found that spellbinding and enlightening in a speech - sadly shortened - that I'd never paid
attention to before. I guess that's the stage for you, though.