Hyperion to a Satyr: Hamlet Act I, Scene 5 - Swearing Oaths

Hyperion to a Satyr - The Fire and Water Podcast Network's Hamlet Podcast - continues Siskoid's scene-by-scene deep dive into Shakespeare's masterwork, discussing the text, but also performance and staging through the lens of several films, television, comics and even a rock opera. In Act I, Scene 5, Part 2, a mad-seeming Hamlet forces his friends to swear an oath.

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Credits:
Theme: "Fanfare" from 1996 Hamlet, by Patrick Doyle, with clips from that film, starring Ray Fearon; the 1980 Hamlet, starring Derek Jacobi; and the 2009 Hamlet, starring David Tennant.

Bonus clips: Hamlet 2009 by Gregory Doran, starring David Tennant; Hamlet 1996 by Kenneth Branagh, starring Jack Lemmon; Hamlet 1948 by Laurence Olivier, starring Laurence Olivier; Hamlet 1980 by Rodney Bennett, starring Derek Jacobi; Hamlet 1990 by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Mel Gibson; Hamlet 2000 by Michael Almereyda, starring Ethan Hawke; Hamlet 2007 by Alexander Fodor, starring William Belchambers and Katie Reddin-Clancy; and "Je suis fou" and "On a peur pour lui" by Johnny Hallyday.

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