Past Productions: 1980
Past Productions: 1980
BBC TV Shakespeare:
'To be, or not to be...'
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Many critics have observed that this famous soliloquy has no bearing on the play's action and it appears in different places in different adaptations. Derek Jacobi's interpretation comes after the arrival of the players.
1980 BBC TV Shakespeare: Hamlet
Part of the epic series that took seven years to complete
Hamlet's soliloquy
'To be, or not to be...'
Claudius reveals his guilt
Hamlet on killing Claudius
Hamlet's final soliloquy
Past Productions: On Screen
'To be, or not to be...'
1948 Lawrence Olivier
1964 Christopher Plummer
1980 Derek Jacobi
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