Screener: The South Bank Show - Hamlet Royal Court/Tom Wolfe
Screener: The South Bank Show - Hamlet Royal Court/Tom Wolfe
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Tom Wolfe, the American writer whose witty and perceptive comments defined the America of the 60s and 70s, asks why it is that although this is the American Century - with the country at its most affluent, energetic and influential - the American arts are so cool, austere and lacking in sensuality. Also, Melvyn Bragg looks at the controversial production of 'Hamlet' currently at the Royal Court. Jonathan Pryce, cast in the eponymous role, and Richard Eyre who directed the play, discuss their arresting interpretation of Hamlet's father's ghost.