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Date: Wednesday, 20 Feb
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Date: Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008
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Subject: RE: SHK 19.0114 The Best Hamlet
I'd like to
weigh in on the side of Jacobi as Hamlet. I saw both Rylance and Dillane
in performances, and approved of both renditions, given the particular concepts
embraced by their directors. I have also seen the filmed performances nominated.
Still and all, Jacobi's Hamlet is my favorite.
Nick Clary
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Subject: RE: SHK 19.0114 The Best Hamlet
No votes for Richard
Burton's rehearsal dress Hamlet? My very first live theater Hamlet and still
my most cherished.
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Date: Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008
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Subject: Re: SHK 19.0114 The Best Hamlet
I agree
with Mark Alexander and Charles Weinstein regarding Derek Jacobi's Hamlet.
It's one of the most intelligent I've seen. I also agree that Ralph Feinnes
and Kenneth Branagh don't belong on anyone's top ten (I don't understand
how the Feinnes Hamlet won a Tony! I've expressed my dislike for Branagh
on this list in the past). To the list of unsupportable choices, I would
add the Ethan Hawke, which I thought was awful. As a youth, I saw Richard
Burton's Hamlet and was greatly affected by it-the video doesn't come close
to doing it justice. Someone had earlier mentioned Kevin Kline's Hamlet,
but I find it somewhat dull.
I heard years ago that Peter O'Toole was
a great Hamlet (with, I believe, Derek Jacobi as Laertes), but that was second
hand information-does anyone have any first-hand experience with that one?
Also, while my memory holds, the Christopher Plummer "Hamlet at Elsinore"
in the mid 1960s was impressive-and Robert Shaw was one of the best Claudiuses
I can remember. I'd like to get a DVD of that one if it ever comes out.
Paul E. Doniger
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Date: Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008 14:25:58 -0500
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Date: Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008 19:09:51 -0800 (PST)
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Comment: RE: SHK 19.0114 The Best Hamlet
I'd like to weigh in on the side of Jacobi as Hamlet. I saw both Rylance
and Dillane in performances, and approved of both renditions, given the
particular concepts embraced by their directors. I have also seen the
filmed performances nominated. Still and all, Jacobi's Hamlet is my
favorite.
Nick Clary
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From: Abigail Quart <
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Date: Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008 14:52:29 -0500
Subject: 19.0114 The Best Hamlet
Comment: RE: SHK 19.0114 The Best Hamlet
No votes for Richard Burton's rehearsal dress Hamlet? My very first live
theater Hamlet and still my most cherished.
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From: Paul E. Doniger <
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Date: Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008 19:09:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: 19.0114 The Best Hamlet
Comment: Re: SHK 19.0114 The Best Hamlet
I agree with Mark Alexander and Charles Weinstein regarding Derek
Jacobi's Hamlet. It's one of the most intelligent I've seen. I also
agree that Ralph Feinnes and Kenneth Branagh don't belong on anyone's
top ten (I don't understand how the Feinnes Hamlet won a Tony! I've
expressed my dislike for Branagh on this list in the past). To the list
of unsupportable choices, I would add the Ethan Hawke, which I thought
was awful. As a youth, I saw Richard Burton's Hamlet and was greatly
affected by it-the video doesn't come close to doing it justice. Someone
had earlier mentioned Kevin Kline's Hamlet, but I find it somewhat dull.
I heard years ago that Peter O'Toole was a great Hamlet (with, I
believe, Derek Jacobi as Laertes), but that was second hand
information-does anyone have any first-hand experience with that one?
Also, while my memory holds, the Christopher Plummer "Hamlet at
Elsinore" in the mid 1960s was impressive-and Robert Shaw was one of the
best Claudiuses I can remember. I'd like to get a DVD of that one if it
ever comes out.
Paul E. Doniger
_______________________________________________________________
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opinions expressed on it are the sole property of the poster, and the
editor assumes no responsibility for them.
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