Hamlet

The Three Great Actors in American History....A handsome some man, able to effect dramatic changes in his appearance, Olivier had tremendous range as an actor, from deep passion to  comedy.....His uncut production of Hamlet was especially notable.....Though Olivier may have been England's greatest twentieth-century actor, he was closely rivaled by John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.....Considered by many to be the greatest English-speaking actor of recent times, Laurence Olivier was equally acclaimed in Shak ... Full Review

Olivier's Hamlet is of the more cunning/less mad variety, and it's probably because his Hamlet is already on a somewhat even keel that Olivier felt he could do away with Hamlet's buddies Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who usually act as a bit of ballast for an increasingly mad Hamlet. ... Full Review

So, in essence, any Hamlet is worth seeing. If anything can be called the greatest play ever written, it's Hamlet. Now that I've nit-picked Hamlet to death, I'm still going on record as recommending it. ... Full Review

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