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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.
Keywords
denmark
hamlet
filmed theater
Casts

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
Crews

Philip Saville
Director

William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Olive Harris
Costumer
Christine Hillcoat
Makeup & Hair

William Hobbs
Fight Choreographer
Richard Rodney Bennett
Original Music Composer
Peter Luke
Producer
Backdrops & Posters


