Comments | hystericblue42: David Tennant in the RSC's "Hamlet": A Review.

hystericblue42

David Tennant in the RSC's "Hamlet": A Review.

Jan 11, 2010 22:58

( 'Good night, sweet prince. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.' )

hamlet, david tennant, theatre, shakespeare, rsc

Comments 21

cen_evans January 12 2010, 08:01:57 UTC

Brilliant review! I really want to see this now. It airs in the US on PBS in April, but I'm not sure if an NTSC version of the DVD will also be made available or not. Hope it will be, as it sounds amazing!

Speak the speech I pray you . . . yuushi January 12 2010, 14:42:56 UTC

Hmmmm . . . intriguing to say the least. I love seeing performances of Hamlet (Nicol Williamson's and Derek Jacobi being my faves--with Anthony Hopkins and Patrick Stewart as their Claudius' respectively!) so I shall try to seek this one out.

Re: Speak the speech I pray you . . . hystericblue42 January 12 2010, 21:59:59 UTC

Oh I love Derek Jacobi. I need to see more things with him in it. He's a great actor.

robgairey January 12 2010, 17:59:19 UTC

Great review - will have to make a point of watching it myself.

Thing is - having studied "Hamlet" at school for A level examinations, it's somewhat put me off revisiting the play in any capacity.

As you know, I've found amateur (community) theatre a great outlet for fulfilling my acting desires - and indeed once performed myself in a small-scale production of "Hamlet" - as Rosencrantz, ironically. Are there any community theatre groups in the LA district?

hystericblue42 January 12 2010, 18:11:06 UTC

There have to be! I should look into the North Hollywood arts district.

helygen January 12 2010, 21:18:29 UTC

Thing is - having studied "Hamlet" at school for A level examinations, it's somewhat put me off revisiting the play in any capacity.
Trust me, this production will change your mind!

foalen January 12 2010, 18:56:44 UTC

It was brilliant wasn't it? I just got my DVD from Amazon uk and we had to sit down and watch it the night it arrived. I too am incredibly pleased that not only did they make a DVD version for those who couldn't attend the performance, but actually took great pains to make it as close to the theatrical experience as they could.

I had heard at one point someone mentioned they might just put the stationary camara footage of the stage show they use for their archives on DVD. But they didn't and I was delighted with what they came up with. If you haven't seen it you should.

hystericblue42 January 12 2010, 22:01:15 UTC

Oh it was brilliant, yes! The last thing you said - "If you haven't seen it you should" - what are you referring to?

foalen January 12 2010, 23:38:18 UTC

I was refering to other people who are reading your review who may not have seen it yet. XD

hystericblue42 January 13 2010, 06:41:22 UTC

Ahhh, now I understand! :)

jovibabe363 January 12 2010, 19:24:09 UTC

I went out and bought it just a few days after it came out over here in the UK and I can say it's one of the best DVD's I own.

You mentioned the red 'Muscle' shirt... On the making of documentaries that were broadcast over here just before Christmas they go into a really long discussion about how they arrived at that particular costume choice... I'll re-watch it and try and get it typed word for word for you... It's quite amusing!

And wasn't Mariah Gale simply OUTSTANDING as Ophelia!! I'm betting she'll be one to watch in the near future...

Nats x

hystericblue42 January 12 2010, 21:59:01 UTC

Oh, that would be so nice of you to transcript that discussion for me! I'm really interested to know more about that shirt.