Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is in mourning for his dead father, the king. He's also disturbed by how quickly his mother, Gertrude, has remarried - and by the fact that her new spouse is ...
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Title: Stratford Festival: Hamlet (2016)
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| Tim Campbell | ... | Horatio | |
| Jonathan Goad | ... | Hamlet | |
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Adrienne Gould | ... | Ophelia |
| John Kirkpatrick | ... | Marcellus / Fortinbras | |
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Seana McKenna | ... | Gertrude |
| Mike Nadajewski | ... | Osric | |
| Thomas Olajide | ... | Voltemand | |
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Tom Rooney | ... | Polonius |
| Mike Shara | ... | Laertes | |
| Geraint Wyn Davies | ... | Claudius | |
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is in mourning for his dead father, the king. He's also disturbed by how quickly his mother, Gertrude, has remarried - and by the fact that her new spouse is Claudius, her late husband's brother (and thus Hamlet's uncle). Hamlet's disgust at this incestuous union, which has also robbed him of his succession to the throne, turns to fury when his father's ghost appears and reveals that he was murdered by Claudius. Vowing revenge, Hamlet decides to feign madness until an opportunity presents itself. Polonius, the lord chamberlain, thinks that Hamlet's strange behaviour springs from love for his daughter, Ophelia, but Claudius soon begins to suspect otherwise. The arrival of a travelling theatre company gives Hamlet the idea of re-enacting his father's murder to startle Claudius into revealing his guilt. Claudius is indeed shocked by the performance, but Hamlet's triumph is short-lived; while arguing with his mother in her bedroom, he stabs an eavesdropper ...