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It depends on the performance. There were two main editions of the play, and there are lines in one which are not in the other. Some editors have added them all together, making a play of fearsome length. Kenneth Branagh's film version uses such a "conflated" text with no cuts and it runs four hours and two minutes. A production using just one of the source texts without any or many cuts runs between three and three-and-a-half hours. Tennant's is three hours. That is a long show for modern audiences, and many directors cut scenes, dialogue and characters to reduce the play to two hours or less. Tom Stoppard took this further and produced a script which could be played in fifteen minutes.
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What is the name the Shakespeare play about the Prince of Denmark?
the play is called Hamlet and was writing by William Shakespeare.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet
Last play of Shakespeares 4 great tragedies?
The last play of Shakespeare's four great tragedies is "Macbeth" and it was written in 1606. He wrote the first of the great tragedies, "Hamlet" in 1600.
What is claudia relatoinship to prince Hamlet in shakespeare play?
In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Claudius is Hamlet's uncle and also his stepfather. There isn't a Claudia.
What is Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' about?
'Hamlet' is most basically a revenge play.
Which play did 'to be or not to be' come from?
Hamlet.
