Storyline
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.
Released
5/25/1980
Runtime
3h 30min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
BBC, Time-Life Television Productions
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
Peter Richard
Player Queen in the mime
Terence McGinity
Player Lucianus in the mime
Peter Burroughs
Player
Stuart Fell
Player
Ian Charleson
Fortinbras
Tim Wylton
First Gravedigger
Peter Benson
Second Gravedigger
Paul Humpoletz
Marcellus
Niall Padden
Bernardo
Christopher Baines
Francisco
John Humphry
Voltimand
John Sterland
Cornelius
Peter Gale
Osric
Raymond Mason
Reynaldo
Dan Meaden
Norwegian Captain
Iain Blair
Sailor
Reginald Jessup
Messenger
Michael Poole
Priest
Geoffrey Bateman
Guildenstern
David Henry
English Ambassador
Jonathan Hyde
Rosencrantz
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