Early 1919 cartoon of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Original Title: Oh’phelia A Cartoon Burlesque (1919) Did Oliver Postgate watch this? It’s tempting to say yes, as the creator of Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss and The Clangers made visually and tonally similar work. This early animated Hamlet is loaded with puns and incidental detail which impresses. Laertes is a Tom Mix-style cowboy, while the Dane is far from glum.