Hamlet at Elsinore

Overview

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.

Details

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