Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Hamlet,” which Laurence Olivier produced into a magnificent film for the J. Arthur Rank organization, of proof that Jonson knew whereof he spoke when he wrote that ...

Jay Rogoff, who teaches at Skidmore College, compares Kenneth Branagh’s four-hour film of Hamlet with earlier ones, such as Laurence Olivier’s 1948 version. He quibbles with some of Mr ...

FOLLOWING the fashion in movies and books, Sir Laurence Olivier has acted and directed a Hamlet with a simplified Freudian interpretation. The mad Ophelia makes caressing motions over a phallic ...

Henry V and Hamlet will refresh and enchant every moviegoer who has it in him to love great dramatic poetry, beautifully spoken and acted. A man who can do what Laurence Olivier is doing for ...

Director Robert O'Hara's noir version of 'Hamlet,' starring Patrick Ball and premiering at Mark Taper Forum, audaciously but ...

My friends know well that I’ve seen numerous productions of the work, recite Hamlet’s monologues to myself, even put Kenneth Branagh or Laurence Olivier’s “Hamlet” on in the background ...

Sir Olivier played Henry V, Richard III and Hamlet (Picture: Everett/ Shutterstock) Dame Plowright rose to fame in Roots (Picture: AP Photo/ Bob Dear, File) By that time, Sir Laurence was a ...

“In his Romeo, Mercutio, Hamlet, Henry, Macbeth and Coriolanus ... treatment of the actor’s professional achievements, “Laurence Olivier” undergoes a drastic tone change whenever its ...