Hamlet at Elsinore
15/04/1964
3h



The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.
Cast


Christopher Plummer
Hamlet


Robert Shaw
Claudius


Alec Clunes
Polonius


Michael Caine
Horatio
June Tobin
Gertrude
Jo Maxwell Muller
Ophelia


Roy Kinnear
Gravedigger


Philip Locke
Osric


Dyson Lovell
Laertes
Peter Prowse
Marcellus
David Calderisi
Rosencrantz


Bill Wallis
Guildenstern


Charles Carson
Priest


David Swift
Player King


Lindsay Kemp
Player Queen


Steven Berkoff
Lucianus


Donald Sutherland
Fortinbras
Joby Blanshard
Captain
Michael Goldie
Bernardo


William Hobbs
Prologue
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