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Creating Elsinore

Elsinore

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Creating Elsinore is a short film focusing on the context of the play, the space in which Hamlet exists. It asks key questions about the play's setting and discusses some of the ways the space has been viewed and interpreted on stage at the National Theatre.

This film features:
Director: Richard Eyre
Designer: Vicki Mortimer
Author: Colin Bell

Film Maker: Jo Coates

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