Benedict Cumberbatch plays the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Broadcast live from the Barbican.
Name | Type | Role | |
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Ciarán Hinds | Actor | Claudius | |
Eddie Arnold | Actor | Danish Captain / Servant | |
Karl Johnson | Actor | Ghost of Hamlet's Father / Gravedigger | |
Paul Ham | Actor | Official | |
Barry Aird | Actor | Soldier | |
Sian Brooke | Actor | Ophelia | |
Nigel Carrington | Actor | Servant / Cornelius | |
Jim Norton | Actor | Polonius | |
Sergo Vares | Actor | Fortinbras | |
Leo Bill | Actor | Horatio | |
Morag Siller | Actor | Voltemand | |
Rudi Dharmalingam | Actor | Guildenstern | |
Diveen Henry | Actor | Player Queen / Messenger | |
Anastasia Hille | Actor | Gertrude | |
Colin Haigh | Actor | Priest / Messenger | |
Matthew Steer | Actor | Rosencrantz | |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Actor | Hamlet - Prince of Denmark | |
Ruairi Conaghan | Actor | Player King | |
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | Actor | Laertes | |
Jan Shepherd | Actor | Courtier | |
Amaka Okafor | Actor | Official |