![]() An interesting idea, to be sure, and obviously changes significantly the relationship between Hamlet and both best friend Horatio, and Ophelia. ![]() ![]() Vining’s book The Mystery of Hamlet, published in 1881, which suggested that the character made a lot more sense if you considered Hamlet to be a woman. But this silent Danish movie, celebrating its centenary at the time of posting, is the first full-length feature to gender switch the role. As we’ve mentioned before, a short reel of Sarah Bernhardt performing the role was made as early as 1900. Asta Nielsen was not the first woman to play the part of Hamlet, even on film.
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