Hamlet

Synopsis

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.

Details

Director

Rodney Bennett

Release

May 25, 1980

Status

Released

Country

United Kingdom

Network

BBC

Runtime

3h 30m

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Where to watch

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Cast

• 
  Derek Jacobi

  Hamlet
• 
  Claire Bloom

  Gertrude
• 
  Patrick Stewart

  Claudius
• 
  Eric Porter

  Polonius
• 
  Lalla Ward

  Ophelia
• 
  David Robb

  Laertes
• 
  Robert Swann

  Horatio
• Patrick Allen

  Ghost of Hamlet's Father
• 
  Emrys James

  Player King
• Jason Kemp

  Player Queen
• 
  Geoffrey Beevers

  Third Player / Lucianus
• Bill Homewood

  Player King in the mime

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