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.

Genres

Cast

Christopher Plummer

Hamlet

Robert Shaw

Claudius

Alec Clunes

Polonius

Michael Caine

Horatio

Roy Kinnear

Gravedigger

Philip Locke

Osric

Dyson Lovell

Laertes

David Calderisi

Rosencrantz

Bill Wallis

Guildenstern

Charles Carson

Priest

David Swift

Player King

Lindsay Kemp

Player Queen