
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.

as Hamlet

as Claudius

as Polonius

as Horatio

as Gertrude

as Ophelia

as Gravedigger

as Osric

as Laertes

as Marcellus

as Rosencrantz

as Guildenstern

as Priest

as Player King

as Player Queen

as Lucianus

as Fortinbras

as Captain

as Bernardo

as Prologue