5. HELSINGØR (OFTEN KNOWN IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES AS ELSINORE) IS A CITY ON THE NORTHEAST COAST OF THE ISLAND OF ZEALAND IN EASTERN DENMARK.
It is known internationally for its castle Kronborg, where Hamlet is set, but of course Shakespeare called it Elsinore. Hamlet was performed in the castle for the first time to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, with a cast consisting of soldiers from the castle garrison. Later performers to play Hamlet at the castle include Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Christopher Plummer, Derek Jacobi, and in 2009 Jude Law. (Credits: shortlist.com) 4. US HIT TV DRAMA SONS OF ANARCHY, ABOUT THE LIVES OF A CLOSE-KNIT OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE CLUB, IS LOOSELY BASED ON HAMLET. The show's creator, Kurt Sutter, has said: “I don't want to overplay that but it's there. It's not a version of Hamlet but it's definitely influenced by it.” (Credits: shortlist.com) 3. THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF A PLAY IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND WAS 3000 LINES. With 4,042 lines and 29,551 words, Hamlet is the longest Shakespearean play. With 1,787 lines and 14,369 words, The Comedy of Errors is the shortest. (Credits: shortlist.com) 2. EDWIN BOOTH, THE BROTHER OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH - THE MAN WHO ASSASSINATED ABRAHAM LINCOLN - WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND RESPECTED SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS IN THE 1860S. He went into a brief retirement after his brother "offed" Lincoln, but made his comeback in the role of Hamlet (pictured). Rather than wait for Hamlet's first appearance in the text to meet the audience's response, Booth sat on the stage in the play's first scene and was met by a lengthy standing ovation. Booth's Broadway run lasted for exactly one hundred performances in 1864. (Credits: shortlist.com) 1. THE LION KING WAS A COMPLETE COPY OF HAMLET. The Lion King was the first Disney animated feature to be an original story, rather than being based on an already-existing work. Or was it? It's actually an almost wholesale copy of Hamlet, with the minor alterations of switching Denmark to the African savanna, people to animals and throwing in a slightly happier ending. (Credits: shortlist.com) Did you like reading "Hamlet" ? Yes.Then most readers loved reading these 3 books on Amazon as well.
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