Vysotsky Hamlet

1. Vysotsky as Hamlet When he took on Hamlet, Vysotsky was already well known as a troubadour of spiritual freedom - he was 'the living soul and conscience of his time' (Gershkovich, 129), much loved throughout the Soviet Union because his songs spoke truth in the oblique ways typical of heavily censored societies.
2. On July 24, 1980 Vladimir Vysotskii, the most popular actor of his time, troubadour of a declining Soviet society, fast liver, hard drinker and inveterate smoker, died of a heart attack.

• Vysotsky Hamlet
• Vladimir Vysotsky Hamlet

The study focuses on the re-enactment of the acting interpretation of the role of Hamlet based on the eponymous tragedy of William Shakespeare, as rendered by Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (1938 – 1940), Russian actor, poet, and performer of his own songs, staged by the Moscow Theatre of Drama and Comedy on Taganka Square. The role is portrayed as what the history of the theatre reckons to be an extraordinary inherent linkage between the actor-poet and his role to which he was. On July 24, 1980 Vladimir Vysotskii, the most popular actor of his time, troubadour of a declining Soviet society, fast liver, hard drinker and inveterate smoker, died of a heart attack.

PDFs
Shakespeare, Hamlet (England, 16th and 17th Century CE)
Hamlet

SLIDESHOW
Hamlet

VIDEO CLIPS
Hamlet (Zeffirelli, 1990)
Hamlet (Lyubimov/Vysotsky, 1976)
Shakespeare in Love (Madden, 1998)
Dead Poets Society (Weir, 1989)
Hamlet (Almereyda, 2000)
Hamlet (Branagh, 1996)

Vysotsky Hamlet

“Sick Sad Little World”
-Incubus

“Death and All His Friends”
-Coldplay

“Someday You Will Be Loved”
-Death Cab for Cutie

Vladimir Vysotsky Hamlet

“Pokerface”
-Lady Gaga