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Hamlet Facts
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How Well Did You Watch the Films?
Speaking to the Era
100
Name the three sets of fathers and sons from the play.
• Hamlet and Hamlet Senior • Fortinbras and Fortinbras Senior • Laertes and Polonius
100
"The lady doth protest too much me thinks".
Gertrude
100
What year did Tony Richardson produce his version of the play 'Hamlet'?
1969
100
What hidden device does Tennant use to convey the era in which his version is produced?
Security cameras.
200
Which characters are present during the initial arrival of the ghost of King Hamlet?
Marcellus and Barnardo
200
"Give every man thy ear but few thy voice./ Take each man's censure but reserve thy judgment."
Polonius
200
Which director choooses not to physically display the ghost in the famous "Ghost Scene"?
Tony Richardson
200
How does Almereyda modernize the idea of a kingdom?
Conveys the kingdom as a large corporation.
300
For the final scene, name the deaths of the main characters in chronological order.
Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, Hamlet
300
"You get better in your jokes and worse in your manners".
Ophelia
300
In which scene does Zeffirelli's 'Hamlet' tell Ophelia, "Get thee to a nunnery"?
The 'Play Within a Play' scene.
300
Which film portrays its actors in Victorian style clothing?
Branagh.
400
Who speaks the last line of the play?
Fortinbras
400
"You lie out on't sir, and therefore it is not yours. For my part, I do not lie in't and yet it is mine."
Gravedigger
400
Which director casted a Hamlet that was older than Claudius?
Rodney Bennett
400
Name the seven main films in order of production date.
Olivier, Richardson, Jacobi, Zeffirelli, Branagh, Almereyda, Tennant.