Past Productions: 1964
Past Productions: 1964
Hamlet at Elsinore:
'To be, or not to be...'
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Christopher Plummer was exhausted after the famous soliloquy was filmed. It took 12 hours of continuous filming and was filmed in many separate scenes as Hamlet roamed the castle in torment. His portrayal of Hamlet earned him an Emmy nomination.
1964 Hamlet at Elsinore
Filmed on the actual location of the play
Hamlet meets Horatio
Hamlet meets the ghost
'To be, or not to be...'
The closet scene
Past Productions: On Screen
'To be, or not to be...'
1948 Lawrence Olivier
1964 Christopher Plummer
1980 Derek Jacobi
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