5 Hamlets
Interesting
exhibition at the National Theatre looking at the five productions of Hamlet
they have put on from Peter O’Toole in 1963 to Rory Kinnear in 2010.
There were nice
displays of costume and set designs as well as programmes and posters. There
were also recordings of some of the shows via headphones displays on red
skulls.
I loved the
sections from Peter Hall’s diaries on directing the play including the
wonderful quote about he was having the usual problems with the practicalities
like “Where do you keep the spade?”
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