They spent six months preparing, cutting over 1,250 lines from the text as they did so, and Barrymore opted to play Hamlet as "a man's man", according to Norden.
Pasaron seis meses preparando a obra, cortando máis de 1 250 liñas de diálogo no proceso, e segundo Norden, Barrymore optou por representar a Hamlet como un "home de homes".