1. HAMLET CLIPS TH 383: Intro to Shakespeare April 2018
Trailer to the Branagh Film (1996)

2. SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED DAVID TENNANT ON “HAMLET”
In Hamlet, David Tennant, whose own RSC performance was a huge hit, meets other actors who have played the role -from the legendary David Warner in the 1960s to the recent Jude Law. He also tries, alongside Simon Russell Beale and Ben Whishaw, to unravel the meaning of the play and the reason why it is considered by many to be the greatest play Shakespeare ever wrote.

3. HAMLET AT THE RSC 2016

4. SOLILOQUIES IN HAMLET
I:2 Oh that this too, too sullied flesh would melt (Rory Kinnear, The National Theatre ) 1.5 O all you host of heaven! (Kenneth Branagh – 1996) 2:2 Oh what a rogue and peasant slave am I (Campbell Scott – 2000) 3.1 To be or not to be (RSC – 2004) 3.2 Tis now the very witching time of night (Josh Stamberg, LA Theatre Works Audio) 3.3 Now might I do it pat (David Tennant – 2012) 4.4 How all occasions do inform against me (Kenneth Branagh – 1996)

5. Early hamlets
Fencing scene from 1899 silent film, Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet
John Barrymore (1933) “Oh What a Rogue and Peasant Slave Am I”
Laurence Olivier “To Be Or Not To Be” (1948)
John Gielgud Four soliloquies (1951)
Richard Burton “Oh What a Rogue and Peasant Slave Am I” (1964)
Richard Burton “To Be Or Not To Be” (1964)
Christopher Plummer “To Be Or Not To Be” (1964 – Hamlet at Elsinore)

6. Recent Hamlets
Adrian Lester “To Be Or Not To Be” to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death
Benedict Cumberbatch (2014) “To Be Or Not To Be”
David Tennant (2009) “To Be Or Not To Be”
Ethan Hawke (2000) “To Be Or Not To Be”
Mel Gibson (1990) “To Be Or Not To Be”
Kenneth Branagh (1997) “To Be Or Not To Be”
“To Be Or Not To Be” in original pronunciation – Ben Crystal

7. CLAUDIUS

8. GERTRUDE

9. POLONIUS

10. OPHELIA Helena Bonham Carter Julia Stiles (2000) Gugu Mbatha-Raw 2009
The Mad Scene 2010

11. SLINGS AND ARROWS
To be or not to be Season 1, final episode Opening episode