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William Shakespeare introduced the world to the costs of hesitation, hasty judgment and ambition - fatal flaws that destroyed heroes and those they loved. In Shakespeare's most well-known tragedies - Hamlet and Macbeth - even the good characters receive no relief from the complex cruelty of life.
Why do these plays remain important? The heroes are all too real, their flaws valid. His tales are entertaining. Humorous even when they are tragic, personal even when inconceivable.
Watch Great Performances' full productions of Hamlet and Macbeth. Then go behind-the-scenes: interviews with master actor Patrick Stewart, a peek at the making of a stage-to-television production and a Supreme Court Justice's trial of Hamlet.
Macbeth - Full Performance
Macbeth - Full Performance
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Director Rupert Goold's gripping stage production of Macbeth, set in a nameless 20th-century militaristic society and starring Sir Patrick ...
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Hamlet: Full Performance
Hamlet: Full Performance
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Shakespeare's immortal "To be, or not to be" takes on a whole new meaning (and medium) as classical stage ...
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The Making of Hamlet
The Making of Hamlet
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Join GREAT PERFORMANCES to go behind the scenes of the Royal Shakespeare Company's exciting new production of William Shakespeare ...
Patrick Stewart - What We Learn from the Bard
Patrick Stewart - What We Learn from the Bard
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Emmy- and Grammy-nominated actor Patrick Stewart, of "Star Trek" and "X-Men" fame, explains what young people can learn from Shakespeare ...
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Macbeth: a Conversation with Patrick Stewart
Macbeth: a Conversation with Patrick Stewart
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In an interview with award-winning journalist Paula Zahn, Sir Patrick Stewart discusses what attracted him to the role of Macbeth ...
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Supreme Court Justice Puts Hamlet on Trial
Supreme Court Justice Puts Hamlet on Trial
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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy presided over a "trial" of Hamlet in a Kennedy Center production taking place during a ...
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