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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980)

TV-14 | | Drama | TV Movie 10 November 1980
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Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Hamlet
... Gertrude
... Claudius
... Polonius
... Ophelia
... Laertes
... Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Robert Swann ... Horatio
... Rosencrantz
Geoffrey Bateman ... Guildenstern
Emrys James ... First Player (King)
Jason Kemp ... Second Player (Queen)
Geoffrey Beevers ... Third Player (Lucianus)
... Player in the mime, King
Peter Richard ... Player in the mime, Queen
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Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge. Written by Kathy Li

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The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark  »

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Part of the long running BBC Television Shakespeare project which ran between 1978 and 1985. See more »

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Version of Der nackte Hamlet (1972) See more »

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The finest Hamlet
4 January 2005 | by – See all my reviews

I've seen various Hamlets, and I've taught the play. As I watch Jacobi, I'm tempted to think that he's every bit as intelligent as Hamlet himself, so alive is he to every nuance of this character's wit. He deepens, rather than solves, every puzzle regarding Hamlet's character. He illuminates line after line, word after word, shining light into this sparkling mind. At the same time, however, we cringe at the horror Hamlet feels at his betrayal--far more than with any other actor--because Jacobi feels the pain more profoundly than anyone else. And we shudder at Hamlet's own betrayals, because Jacobi is not afraid of the baseness to which Hamlet can descend. In short, Jacobi gives us Hamlet in full, and Hamlet in full is the greatest character in literature. That's why I'm satisfied that Jacobi's Hamlet is the finest performance I've seen by an actor.
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