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Franco Zeffirelli’s 1990 filmic translation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a dramatic telling of the classic story which is as well acted as it is entertaining. Aside from these points, Zeffirelli’s (and co-scripter Christopher Devore’s) screenplay is an edited, and re-mixed version of the original which has many lines cut, as well as the entire sub plot concerning Fortenbras, completely removed. Franco Zefirelli’s private interpretation of Hamlet, although divergent in some …showed first 75 words of 1844 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1844 total…on the plight, and character of Hamlet, who is direct, and hostile, but a tactful loner when the time is right. Zeffirelli accomplishes this diversity while remaining loyal to his source by maintaining a solid screenplay with a continuous flow supporting his own take on the story. In short, Zeffirelli’s Hamlet is both a loose and a loyal interpretation of its source, which is, for today’s audiences, a Hamlet in its own right.