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Hamlet at
Elsinore
"It smells to Heaven. It hath the primal eldest curse upon 't,
A brother's murder."
“I still don’t think of myself as a star, success lasts only three seconds. After that you’re the same as you were before you had it. I’m not a true artist anyway because I refuse to shrug off my family."
Robert Shaw as
King Claudius of Denmark
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet.
Directed by Phillip Saville
From the play by William Shakespeare
Produced by Peter Luke for BBC Television and Danmark Radio
Costumes: Olive Harris
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Make-up: Christine Hillcoat
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Fights: William Hobbs
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Lighting: Robert Wright
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Decor: Poul Arnt Thomsen
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Music: Richard Rodney Bennett
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Conductor: John Hollingsworth
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Technical operations director: Ole Dreyer
CAST
Horatio: Michael Caine
Marcellus: Peter Prowse
Barnado: Michael Goldie
Laertes: Dyson Lovell
Polonius: Alec Clunes
Gertrude: June Tobin
Hamlet: Christopher Plummer
Ophelia: Jo Maxwell Muller
Gertrude: June Tobin
Rosencranz: David Calderisi
Guildenstern: Bill Wallis
Player King: David Swift
Player Queen: Lindsay Kemp
Prologue: Willlam Hobbs
Lucianus: Steven Berkoff
Fortinbras: Donald Sutherland
Captain: Joby Blanshard
Grave-digger: Roy Kinnear
Priest: Charles Carson
Osric: Philip Locke
Transmission Date: Sunday 19th April 1964
TX: 8.05pm
Location(s): Elsinore Castle, Denmark
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Hamlet at
Elsinore
Hamlet at
Elsinore
Christopher Plummer Interview
Behind the scenes footage
the late Christopher Plummer and some other famous actors discuss the difficulty of playing Hamlet.
Very rare super 8mm footage shot on location in Denamrk featuring Robert as King Claudius.
