Hamlet Productions

Question 1

Hamlet’s soliloquy ‘O that this too(…)’

Answer 1

• David Tennant (dir. Gregory Doran 2009): melodramatic and hard to believe
• (dir. and performed by Kenneth Branagh 1996): dramatic but more believable (wider range of emotions from contained to angry)
• Mel Gibson (dir. Franco Zeffirelli 1990): most believable, felt raw, defeated

Question 2

‘To be or not to be’ speech

Answer 2

• Andrew Scott (dir Lindsay Turner 2018): unscripted and contemplated
• Benedict Cumberbatch (dir. Robert Ecke 2016): too emotional and conflicts with the speech