The ABCs of Performing Hamlet
b'Imagine getting the chance to interview Jude Law, Maxine Peake, Adrian Lester, David Tennant, Simon Russell Beale, and Nicholas Hytner about Shakespeare\\u2019s Hamlet. What would you ask? Would you want to hear about backstage hijinks? About Hamlet\\u2019s motivations? About what they would change about their performances? Biographer and theatre historian Jonathan Croall interviewed those Shakespeareans and more for his new book, Performing Hamlet: Actors in the Modern Age. In it, Croall looks at 43 of the highest-profile Hamlet productions in England over the last 50 years, exploring how Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness, Michael Redgrave, Jonathan Slinger, Richard Burton, and many others have portrayed one of Shakespeare\\u2019s most memorable and mercurial characters. Croall came into the studio recently to tell us what he\\u2019s learned. He is interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published December 11, 2018. \\xa9 Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, \\u201cWhat A Piece Of Work,\\u201d was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. Ben Lauer is the web producer. We had technical help from Andrew Feliciano and Paul Luke at VoiceTrax West in Studio City, California and Gareth Wood at The Sound Company in London.'