Made for the 21st century sensibilities...

Rating: 2/10 (5 August 2001)

Like so much Shakespeare I've seen on stage or screen for the last 40+ years, this is not William so much as earnest Shakespeare, with little magic in the handling of the language & lots of nyah-ha-ha acting. A pity because every generation seems to become more distanced from the real poetry that should be there. Alas, today, it all seems to have become...show & tell. Odd that Stoppard was involved in this and 15 Minute Hamlet which was truly in the spirit of the Bard.