Hamlet, that scourge of high school students everywhere, has been produced hundreds of times and numerous film versions exist. Even Mel Gibson has difficulty arousing interest in this Shakespearian classic.
Tomorrow night, however, PBS's Great Performances series is airing a nerdgasm inducing production of Hamlet. Claudius is being played by Patrick Stewart. Yes THAT Patrick Steward, a.k.a. Captain Picard. But that would not be enough to attract the geeks and nerds by itself, so the threw in David Tennant, better known as the 10th Doctor in BBC's long running Doctor Who. Now you are talking Nerdstock all the way.
This appears to be a pretty full production of the play. I set my DVR and it clocks in at three and a half hours. Check your local listings for air time!
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
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I'd like to see that. One of your other recent blogs already pegged me a nerd. What I like about this production, though, is the modern twist. (At least, I think I will.)
A quick online check of local PBS here shows "auction" for channel 10 the next few days and no Great Performances on channel 36. (Time Warner Cable cut out channel 11 from Chicago saying it was redundant.) Aha: Sunday, May 2, 2010 / 11:30 AM, Channel 10.
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