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BLACKADDER’S OPINION OF CUTTING HAMLET.

June 17, 2016 at 2:51 PM · Literature, Shakespeare, Theater

BLACKADDER’S OPINION OF CUTTING HAMLET. This youtube video with Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder and Colin Firth as Shakespeare is a comment on Branagh’s uncut Hamlet as well as a comment on cutting and performing Shakespeare in general.

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