Hamlet: Part 4 - The Readiness Is All

Series: Humanities program - drama series

Duration: 28

Format: 16mm/video file

Description: Hamlet: Part 4 - The Readiness Is All Dr. Maynard Mack, Professor of English, Yale University, begins the interpretation of "Hamlet" by sketching the background of Elizabethan England and making some comparisons between Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and modern theatres. Members of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Company of Canada present scenes from "Henry VIII", "Titus Andronicus", and "Hamlet.", Hamlet is presented as a story of a young man achieving maturity - the discovery of the presence of evil, separating reality from wishes, and the problem of contamination. Narrated by Maynard Mack.

Complete Record: Hamlet: Part 4 - The Readiness Is All Dr. Maynard Mack, Professor of English, Yale University, begins the interpretation of "Hamlet" by sketching the background of Elizabethan England and making some comparisons between Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and modern theatres. Members of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Company of Canada present scenes from "Henry VIII", "Titus Andronicus", and "Hamlet.", Hamlet is presented as a story of a young man achieving maturity - the discovery of the presence of evil, separating reality from wishes, and the problem of contamination. Narrated by Maynard Mack.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.