The Faces of Hamlet

Fall 2010ENG3304: Shakespeare’s Shifty Characters

Ophelia (Jaimee/Lisa)Simmonds Millais

One last Ophelia(Jaimee)Waterhouse, 1910

Bonham-Carter OpheliaJessica

Bonham Carter againLisa

Ophelia

• Lisa

Gertrude (1990s)Ashley and Nikki

Gertrude(Nikki)

• Gertie and Claudius • Gertie and her son

Gertrude (1950s?)Ashley

Gertrude (Ashley)

Gertrude(Toni)

Gertrude (1936)Toni

Polonius(Alex)

PoloniusAlex

ClaudiusJames

• Claudius• James

Black HoratioCarolyn

Be-spectacled HoratioCarolyn

Laertes and OpheliaChris

• Laertes• Chris

Hamlet and Horatio (Eugene DelaCroix)Mirna

Hamlet You need some Olivier

Kenneth Branaugh Also dyed his hair….

Ethan Hawke (no dye-job)

Jude Law(words, words, words)

David Tenant (our first hat)

Hamlet Chimp• Mirna

The Family Polonius:Poppa, Ophelia, Laertes (Hamlet)