The RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this filmed-for-television version of their stage production. The Prince of Denmark seeks vengeance after his father is murdered and his mother marries the murderer.
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| David Tennant | ... | Hamlet | |
| Patrick Stewart | ... | Claudius / Ghost | |
| Penny Downie | ... | Gertrude | |
| Oliver Ford Davies | ... | Polonius | |
| Mariah Gale | ... | Ophelia | |
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Edward Bennett | ... | Laertes |
| Peter De Jersey | ... | Horatio | |
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Sam Alexander | ... | Rosencrantz / Second Gravedigger |
| Tom Davey | ... | Guildenstern | |
| Mark Hadfield | ... | Gravedigger | |
| John Woodvine | ... | Player King | |
| Ryan Gage | ... | Osric / Player Queen | |
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Samuel Dutton | ... | Dumbshow King |
| Jim Hooper | ... | Dumbshow Queen / Priest | |
| David Ajala | ... | Reynaldo / Dumbshow Poisoner | |
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The RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this filmed-for-television version of their stage production. The Prince of Denmark seeks vengeance after his father is murdered and his mother marries the murderer.
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Both of Sir Patrick Stewart's stints as Claudius have been opposite Time Lords from Doctor Who (1963). His first production being opposite Sir Derek Jacobi, who played The Master on Doctor Who (1963), and this production opposite David Tennant, the tenth man to play The Doctor. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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If you can't stand the idea of a Shakespeare play being staged outside of it's historical context, then perhaps this is the exception that proves the rule. It's mostly down to the sets, and presumably the lack of acquaintance for most audiences anywhere with the country in which it is supposed to take place, in the time it is supposed to take place, but mostly just the very beautiful sets, which place it in a strange, elegant landscape of the internal workings of the characters, but it's not abstract, it's not in limbo, and it works very, very well. Though I suppose the nature of the play helps just a little bit.
It isn't without any historical specificity at all, it seems to have a World War One feel to it, as a point of reference. David Tennant is very watchable. Occasionally it becomes a little too modern, some of the CCTV shots are annoying (though the idea is is used very nicely on the whole), and the business with the home-movie camera is a little jarring. The interpretation of the dialogue and content is excellent; nothing in any way pretentious or forced about it.
Surprising, riveting, very enjoyable, proper full on Shakespeare.