Director: Sarah Frankcom, Margaret Williams
Running Time: 184 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: September 14th 2015 (UK)
Taking a classic play and swapping the traditional genders is always in danger of looking a little gimmicky. There were certainly a few who thought that would be true when it was announced that Maxine Peake would be taking on the role of Hamlet in a new stage production. It’s not the first time it’s happened (Sarah Berhardht famously took on the role in 1899), but it’s certainly not common.
Peake’s performance was filmed live in Manchester and beamed live to cinemas, and now that’s been brought to DVD. [Read more…]