Date:15/08/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200908150321.htm

Back Now Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in 3-D

London (PTI): Shakespeare is all set to get a 3-D musical makeover.

Elsinore Films is producing a 3-D musical of "Hamlet", which will be the first adaptation of William Shakespeare's plays.

The new series, which is targetted at teen market, will be based on musical versions created by UK theatre company Shakespeare 4 Kidsz, Variety reported.

Directed by British John Godber, the other Shakespeare plays in the pipeline are Macbeth," "Romeo and Juliet," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Twelfth Night" and "The Tempest."

The series will be shot in UK and Canada.