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Hamlet at Elsinore

"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."

Cast

290

Christopher Plummer

as Hamlet

8606

Robert Shaw

as Claudius

539341

Alec Clunes

as Polonius

3895

Michael Caine

as Horatio

1304968

June Tobin

as Gertrude

1304969

Jo Maxwell Muller

as Ophelia

3463

Roy Kinnear

as Gravedigger

27321

Philip Locke

as Osric

24661

Dyson Lovell

as Laertes

1597572

Peter Prowse

as Marcellus

82644

David Calderisi

as Rosencrantz

1534230

Bill Wallis

as Guildenstern

27931

Charles Carson

as Priest

29715

David Swift

as Player King

119942

Lindsay Kemp

as Player Queen

782

Steven Berkoff

as Lucianus

55636

Donald Sutherland

as Fortinbras

159161

Joby Blanshard

as Captain

1620397

Michael Goldie

as Bernardo

100100

William Hobbs

as Prologue

Crew

107414

Philip Saville

Director

6210

William Shakespeare

Theatre Play

4512107

Olive Harris

Costumer

4670568

Christine Hillcoat

Makeup & Hair

100100

William Hobbs

Fight Choreographer

10724

Richard Rodney Bennett

Original Music Composer

2449037

Peter Luke

Producer