Articles: Hamlet

Been reading lots around the web today about the forthcoming David Tennant, on BBC Two on Boxing Day. Its imminence, plus a screening/Q&A at the BFI and the launch of the extensive tie-in website, means there's a lot around now. Here's some of the best bits I've seen...

'Go make you ready'
and
'For this relief much thanks'
by John Wyver (from Illuminations Blog)
The blog of the company that made this Hamlet, here reacting to the screening and general such like things. Always worth a read, this blog.

Hamlet (BFI, 14th December 2009) by Julia Raby
(from Between the Acts)
Despite a few irritants (misplaced words, misspellings), this is a nice spoiler-free first analysis of the film and some talk of the Q&A.

Hamlet for the cross-platform age by George Entwistle
(from About the BBC)
"The reason we co-commissioned Hamlet, and the reason the project is so near to our hearts, is that we believe this version, with this cast, has the potential to engage audiences who wouldn't normally turn up for Shakespeare."

Hamlet on TV by Mark Lawson
(from TV matters from guardian.co.uk)
On the choice of scheduling for Hamlet, and other such matters. Includes well-reasoned criticism of Simon Cowell, so is of course perfect. (See also Lawson's article on the original stage production, The play's the thing.)

'Both at the first and now...' by John Wyver
(from Illuminations Blog)
Last word to the Illuminations blog, again, here collecting previews, reviews and other such links relating to the film.