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Hamlet

Rodney Bennett

1980 • 3h 30m

Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.

Hamlet

Cast

Derek Jacobi

Derek JacobiHamlet

Claire Bloom

Claire BloomGertrude

Patrick Stewart

Patrick StewartClaudius

Eric Porter

Eric PorterPolonius

Lalla Ward

Lalla WardOphelia

David Robb

David RobbLaertes

Robert Swann

Robert SwannHoratio

Patrick AllenGhost of Hamlet's Father

Emrys James

Emrys JamesPlayer King

Jason KempPlayer Queen

Geoffrey Beevers

Geoffrey BeeversThird Player / Lucianus

Bill HomewoodPlayer King in the mime

Peter RichardPlayer Queen in the mime

Terence McGinityPlayer Lucianus in the mime

Peter Burroughs

Peter BurroughsPlayer

Crew

William Shakespeare

William ShakespeareAuthor

Dudley Simpson

Dudley SimpsonOriginal Music Composer

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