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- The highly successful 1964 Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
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Because Burton disliked wearing period costumes, and for aesthetic reasons of his own, Gielgud conceived of a production performed in a “rehearsal” setting with an incomplete set and the actors wearing what appeared to be street clothes (although the costumes were actually the result of continuous trial-and-error in rehearsals, with the ...
Richard Burton and Claire Bloom in costume as Hamlet and Ophelia embrace after the opening performance of Hamlet at the Old Vic Theatre in London, 9 September 1953. Photograph: AP From the ...
Jan 17, 2020 · Burton appeared as the prince under the direction of Gielgud, but the play was staged in modern dress because of Burton's distaste for tights. The idea was to depict a “rehearsal” of the play, though the actors reportedly went through several variations before arriving at their “costumes.”
Richard Burton's Electronovision enactment of the title role in 1964 rejected the melancholy and pensive interpretation insisted upon by Goethe, Coleridge, and Ernest Jones in favor of a virile and rough-edged Hamlet dressed informally as if at a rehearsal.
The Burton production, directed by John Gielgud, was performed as if in ‘dress rehearsal’ so the actors were not in the period costume which it’s said Burton disliked wearing. It was a smash hit (helped no doubt by his high profile romance with another 1960s icon, Elizabeth Taylor) and enjoyed a record breaking run.
Hamlet: Directed by Bill Colleran, John Gielgud. With Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, Eileen Herlie. The highly successful 1964 Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
Hamlet. Summary Staged in rehearsal room and modern dress conditions, this is Richard Burton's performance as Hamlet. This play opened on Broadway April 9, 1964.
