Hamlet Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 19 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon.
From The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon featuring Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (“Slave Play”) in the title role and Solea Pfeiffer as Ophelia (“Hadestown”).
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Hamlet Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 19 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
From The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon featuring Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (“Slave Play”) in the title role and Solea Pfeiffer as Ophelia (“Hadestown”).
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From free Shakespeare in the Park, behold a contemporary production of the Bard's immortal tale of murder.
“Murder most foul.
” Royal murder and marriage and revenge.
Starring Ato Blankson-Wood.
This is I, Hamlet.
You know the drama, but you've never seen “Hamlet ” like this before.
Get thee to a nunnery.
Look for the tragedy of “Hamlet.
” And now I'll do it.
On Great Performances.
Ato Blankson-Wood and Lorraine Toussaint in "Hamlet"
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Ato Blankson-Wood (Hamlet) and Lorraine Toussaint (Gertrude) in The Public Theater's "Haml (2m 51s)
Ato Blankson-Wood Performs Hamlet's "To be, or not to be"
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Ato Blankson-Wood performs "To be, or not to be" at the Delacorte Theater. (2m 35s)
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The cast of Hamlet discuss what shapes their characters' interactions with one another. (14m 9s)
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The cast of Hamlet discuss what it means to bring the story of Hamlet into the modern day. (8m 17s)
Solea Pfeiffer performs as Ophelia in The Public Theater's "Hamlet"
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Solea Pfeiffer performs Ophelia's flower monologue from Hamlet Act IV Scene 5. (2m 37s)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...