Shakespeare’s works have been repeatedly adapted into countless film versions. In Hamlet, this ingenious playwright of the Renaissance brings eloquence to his dialogues, and neglects to add many stage directions, thus allowing directors Franco Zeffirelli of the 1990 edition and Kenneth Branagh of 1996’s rendition the versatility to interpret his play. Each adaptation offers varying portrayals of the popular tragedy. Zeffirelli chooses to cast leading man Mel Gibson as the protagonist, with notables Glenn Close as Queen Gertrude and Helena Bonham-Carter as the brokenhearted Ophelia. He envisions the play, as Shakespeare would have staged it: in a 15th-century castle, actors clothed in simple raiment that would have been worn in Shakespeare’s
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