RSC Live: Hamlet

RSC Live: Hamlet

2016
3h 0m
8.2

8.2/10

4 votes • View on IMDb

"To be, or not to be, that is the question..."

Overview

Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality. Simon Godwin directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare's searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world. Hamlet played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until throughout summer 2016.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Royal Shakespeare Company
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date June 10, 2016
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt5869634
Website Visit Site

Cast

Paapa Essiedu
Paapa Essiedu

Hamlet

Tanya Moodie
Tanya Moodie

Gertrude

Clarence Smith
Clarence Smith

Claudius

Ewart James Walters
Ewart James Walters

Ghost / Gravedigger

Cyril Nri
Cyril Nri

Polonius

Marcus Griffiths
Marcus Griffiths

Laertes

Natalie Simpson
Natalie Simpson

Ophelia

Hiran Abeysekera
Hiran Abeysekera

Horatio

James Cooney
James Cooney

Rosencrantz

Bethan Cullinane
Bethan Cullinane

Guildenstern

Romayne Andrews
Romayne Andrews

Osric

Doreene Blackstock
Doreene Blackstock

Player Queen

Key Crew

Simon Godwin
Director