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.

• Philip SavilleDirector
• Richard Rodney BennettOriginal Music Composer

• Christopher PlummerHamlet
• Robert ShawClaudius
• Alec ClunesPolonius
• Michael CaineHoratio
• June TobinGertrude
• Jo Maxwell MullerOphelia
• Roy KinnearGravedigger
• Philip LockeOsric
• Dyson LovellLaertes
• Peter ProwseMarcellus
• David CalderisiRosencrantz
• Bill WallisGuildenstern