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Hamlet [videorecording]
- Title
- Hamlet [videorecording] / [presented by] the Royal Ballet ; choreography by Robert Helpmann ; music by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky.
- Publication
- 1964.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- DHCA.
- Drew, David,
- Edwards, Leslie,
- Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986,
- Holden, Stanley,
- Hurry, Leslie, 1909-
- Lyons, Margaret,
- Mason, Monica,
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993,
- Rencher, Derek,
- Royal Ballet, dancer.
- Seymour, Lynn, 1939-
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893,
- Twiner, Anthony,
- White, Franklin, 1923 or 1924-2013,
- Wood, Edmée.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (17 min.) : sd., b&w PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Uniform Title
- Hamlet (Choreographic work : Helpmann)
- Alternative Title
- Royal Ballet (at rehearsal) in Hamlet
- Genre/Form
- Dance rehearsals.
- Dance.
- Motion pictures.
- Video.
- Note
- Accompanied by data sheet.
- Credits (note)
- Scenery and costumes, Leslie Hurry.
- Performer (note)
- Derek Rencher (king of Denmark), Rudolf Nureyev (Hamlet), Franklin White (Polonius), David Drew (Laertes), Stanley Holden (gravedigger), Leslie Edwards (ghost of Hamlet's father), Monica Mason (queen of Denmark), Lynn Seymour (Ophelia), Margaret Lyons (page), with artists of the Royal Ballet (courtiers).
- Event (note)
- Filmed in dress rehearsal onstage at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1964, by the Film Service of Edmée Wood.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4041 RNC
- Title
- Hamlet [videorecording] / [presented by] the Royal Ballet ; choreography by Robert Helpmann ; music by Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky.
- Imprint
- 1964.
- Series
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Event
- Filmed in dress rehearsal onstage at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, in 1964, by the Film Service of Edmée Wood.
- Credits
- Scenery and costumes, Leslie Hurry.
- Performer
- Performed by the Royal Ballet.
- Cast
- Derek Rencher (king of Denmark), Rudolf Nureyev (Hamlet), Franklin White (Polonius), David Drew (Laertes), Stanley Holden (gravedigger), Leslie Edwards (ghost of Hamlet's father), Monica Mason (queen of Denmark), Lynn Seymour (Ophelia), Margaret Lyons (page), with artists of the Royal Ballet (courtiers).
- Performer
- Added piano soundtrack played by Anthony Twiner.
- Summary
- Ballet inspired by the tragedy by William Shakespeare.
- Local Subject
- Drama and dance.
- Added Author
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.Rencher, Derek, dancer.White, Franklin, 1923 or 1924-2013, dancer.Drew, David, dancer.Holden, Stanley, dancer.Edwards, Leslie, dancer.Mason, Monica, dancer.Seymour, Lynn, 1939- dancer.Lyons, Margaret, dancer.Twiner, Anthony, composer (expression)Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986, choreographer.Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, composer (expression)Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.Hurry, Leslie, 1909- designer, costume designer.Wood, Edmée.Royal Ballet, dancer.DHCA.
- Added Title
- Royal Ballet (at rehearsal) in Hamlet [videorecording]Hamlet (Choreographic work : Helpmann)Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4041 RNC