It's up on the "Great Performances" website now. You can watch the full performance here:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/watch-the-film/980/ On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Adrianne Brennan < [email protected] > wrote: > > > > It'll be available online or elsewhere? I totally forgot to DVR it and as a > huge fan of both Tennant and Stewart, I'm kicking myself. D: > > ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ > http://www.adriannebrennan.com > Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon > Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath > The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Keith Johnson < [email protected] > > wrote: >> >> >> PBS is airing a production of "Hamlet" right now. Clocking in at a hefty >> three-plus hours, it stars Patrick Stewart and David Tennant, the Tenth >> Doctor (who looks nothing like the Doctor given his clothing and hairstyle). >> The take is in a more modern settings. That being so, and this being a >> British production, there are quite a few black people in significant roles. >> If you don't have time or interest tonight, the entire show will be >> available online after today. >> >> By the by, although I'm no longer the Tavis Smiley devotee I used to be, i >> do still listen to his show when he has interesting guests. He recently did >> a half hour interview with Patrick Stewart that's worth a listen. Stewart >> talks about his love of Shakespeare, how acting's the only thing he ever >> wanted to do, how much he loved doing Star Trek, and how his most >> significant memory of the TNG days is all the laughter on the set. Also >> interesting, he speaks of the trauma of going bald at age 19, and how a >> Hungarian wrestler (!) literally held him down and shaved off his remaining >> hair, forcing him to confront his condition. Worth a listen, here: >> >> http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/201004/20100423.html >> >> *************************************************************** >> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/hamlet/preview-the-film/956/ >> >> Hamlet >> Preview the Film >> >> Shakespeare’s immortal “To be, or not to be” takes on a whole new meaning >> (and medium) as classical stage and screen actors David Tennant and >> (recently-knighted) Sir Patrick Stewart reprise their roles for a >> modern-dress, film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare >> Company’s (RSC) 2008 stage production of Hamlet. The production will be >> presented on PBS by the Great Performances series on Wednesday, April 28, >> 2010, at 8 p.m. EST (check local listings). Immediately following the >> broadcast, the film will be available online in its entirety here on the >> Great Performances Web site. >> >> Hamlet aired in the UK on Boxing Day at Christmastime 2009, and more than >> 900,000 viewers tuned in for the BBC broadcast. In an article in The >> Observer, Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote: “Like many people, I >> had my love of Shakespeare reawakened by David Tennant’s TV portrayal of >> Hamlet over Christmas.” >> >> Best known for his performance in the title role of the popular British TV >> series Doctor Who since 2005, Tennant made his debut in October as the host >> of MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY on PBS. His many other credits include his >> recent portrayal of Barty Crouch Junior in the big-screen blockbuster Harry >> Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Tennant has also received numerous awards >> from the theatre community for his lead roles in several Shakespearean >> productions and other classic plays. >> >> Veteran stage and screen actor Sir Patrick Stewart reprises his 2009 >> Laurence Olivier Award-winning role of Claudius in the screen version, which >> is directed by Gregory Doran, who also returns to reprise his stage >> direction of the production. Co-produced by Illuminations Television and the >> RSC for the BBC, in association with Thirteen for WNET.ORG and NHK, the >> adaptation recreates the tone and atmosphere of the stage production in a >> film-style interpretation shot in HD on location at St. Joseph’s College in >> Mill Hill, London. The production is produced for television by John Wyver >> and Sebastian Grant. >> >> Great Performances is funded by the Irene Diamond Fund, the National >> Endowment for the Arts, Vivian Milstein, the Corporation for Public >> Broadcasting, public television viewers, and PBS. Major support for the >> telecast is also provided by the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust. For >> Great Performances, Bill O’Donnell is series producer; David Horn is >> executive producer. >> >> >> >> > > -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy. http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com ------------------------------------ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo ! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/
