Chamberlain as Hamlet
The surprising and much acclaimed Richard Chamberlain’s “Hamlet” was first seen on stage in Britain in 1969. For an actor best known to the world as Dr Kildare, this was an astonishing transformation. Critics and theatre-goers who came to jeer had to recognise a triumph. Since then, film and-tele-vision audiences have come to accept this American actor in a variety of successful roles, including leads in the series based on James’s “Portrait of a Lady,” and Ken Russell’s Tchaikovsky film. Chamberlain brings his “Hamlet” to television in an I.T.C. production with a cast that includes some of Britain’s top actors—Sir John Gielgud (the ghost), Sir Michael Redgrave (Polonius) and Richard Johnson (Claudius). Margaret Leighton plays the Queen and newcomer Ciaran Madden is Ophelia. Peter Wood directs and George LeMaire is the producer. “Hamlet” screens from CHTV3 next Monday evening.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32777, 30 November 1971, Page 4
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