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.
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Derek Jacobi
Hamlet
Known for
Gladiator
Tomb Raider
Claire Bloom
Gertrude
Known for
The Haunting
Limelight
Patrick Stewart
Claudius
Known for
Logan
X-Men
Eric Porter
Polonius
Known for
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Hands of the Ripper
Lalla Ward
Ophelia
Known for
Doctor Who
Vampire Circus
David Robb
Laertes
Known for
Downton Abbey
Wolf Hall
Robert Swann
Horatio
Known for
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The Creeping Flesh
Patrick Allen
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Emrys James
Player King
Known for
Dragonslayer
The Sign of Four
Jason Kemp
Player Queen
Also in
The Box of Delights
Elizabeth R
Geoffrey Beevers
Third Player / Lucianus
Known for
Link
Goodnight, Mister Tom
Bill Homewood
Player King in the mime
Also in
Dog
Rodney Bennett Director · William Shakespeare Author Dudley Simpson Composer
First release May 25, 1980 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Time-Life Television Productions
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BBC
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Time-Life Television Productions
Production
United Kingdom
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 25, 1980
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No release date listed for United States.
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