Looking for Ofelia

Written and edited by LDP alumna Liz Hardy as an independent study project, Looking for Ofelia, a short documentary film, picks up where Looking for Hamlet, 1603 left off. Looking for Ofelia explores the differences in the characterization of Shakespeare's heroine between the Q1 and later texts of Shakespeare's famous play, which often see Ophelia as a troubled and victimized figure. But as Hardy argues, using film footage from Looking for Hamlet, 1603 as well as new interviews with scholars, the Q1 version of Hamlet provides actors and directors with the dramaturgical opportunity to create a more outspoken - and more interesting - Ofelia.