Hamlet (1974 film) explained

Director:	Julian Pringle
Producer:	Alan Burke
Starring:	John Bell Jeff Ashby Anna Volska Max Cullen
Network:	ABC
Company:	ABC
Released:	^[1]
Runtime:	150 mins
Country:	Australia
Language:	English

Hamlet is a 1974 filmed adaptation of John Bell and Richard Wherrett's theatre production of the play.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• John Bell as Hamlet
  • Jeff Ashby as Claudius Max Cullen as Polonius and gravedigger
  • Ken Lawrence as Marcellus, Fortinbras Roger Newcombe as Laertes and Guildenstern
• John Paramor as Rosencrantz and Horatio
• Anna Volska as Ophelia
• Beverly Phillips as Gertrude
• Michael Rolfe
• Wayne Phelan

Production

The text was reduced to 150 minutes with 21 characters played by a cast of ten. It was filmed less than a year before it aired.^[4]

It was one of a series of play productions the ABC filmed around 1972 to 1974.

Notes and References

1. News: The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide. 4. 14 October 1974.
2. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p76
3. http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/6024 Hamlet 1973 Australian theatre production details
4. News: The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide. 14 October 1974. 1. John Bell's Hamlet is different.