National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Overview

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

Top Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Hamlet

Ciarán Hinds

Claudius

Anastasia Hille

Gertrude

Sian Brooke

Ophelia

Jim Norton

Polonius

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Laertes