Hamlet (1964)

6.9/10 191 min

Overview

A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.

Cast

Richard Burton

Hamlet

Hume Cronyn

Polonius

Alfred Drake

Claudius

Eileen Herlie

Gertrude

William Redfield

Guildenstern

George Rose

First Gravedigger

George Voskovec

Player King

Philip Coolidge

Voltimand

John Cullum

Laertes

John Gielgud

Ghost (voice)

Barnard Hughes

Marcellus / Priest

Linda Marsh

Ophelia

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