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Some productions of note, those that I stumbled across multiple times during my research. At the bottom of this page is a quick, non-exhaustive list of Chicago productions done in the past 30 years.
Moscow Art Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre
1911-1912, produced by Konstantin Stanislavski and Edward Gordon Craig
(image depicts Craig's scenic model for the final scene of the show) Edward Gordon Craig - Craig's book Towards a New Theatre, published in 1913, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2988974
Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance
Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance
A 1921 German silent film centering a Hamlet who is born a woman and living as a man in order to preserve the royal lineage, featuring a romance subplot between Hamlet and Horatio.
Link to view the movie here.
BBC Recording
BBC Recording
1948, BBC radio. Provides an interesting counterexample to the Laurence Olivier movie below.
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
1949, Self Scanned, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Link to full movie here.
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Goodman
Goodman
Fat Ham (2025): 2022 Pulitzer prize winning adaptation of Hamlet, a co-production with Definition Theatre.
Bernhardt/Hamlet (2019): A comedy focused on the drama surrounding legendary actress Sara Bernhardt's decision to play Hamlet in 1899.
Writers' Theatre
Writers' Theatre
Hamlet (2012)
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