
RSC Live: Hamlet
# To be, or not to be, that is the question...
π Overview:
Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead. Returning home he finds his world is utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land. Struggling to understand his place in a new world order he faces a stark choice. Submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality. Simon Godwin directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare's searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world. Hamlet played in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until throughout summer 2016.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
2016-06-10
β Running Time:
180 mins
β Vote Average:
8.25
Beloved Cast

Hamlet
Paapa Essiedu

Gertrude
Tanya Moodie

Claudius
Clarence Smith

Ghost / Gravedigger
Ewart James Walters

Polonius
Cyril Nri

Laertes
Marcus Griffiths

Ophelia
Natalie Simpson

Horatio
Hiran Abeysekera

Rosencrantz
James Cooney

Guildenstern
Bethan Cullinane

Osric
Romayne Andrews

Player Queen
Doreene Blackstock

Voltemand
Eke Chukwu

Cornelia
Marième Diouf

Barnardo / Player King
Kevin Golding

Professor of Wittenberg / English Ambassador
Byron Mondahl

Marcellus / Fortinbras
Theo Ogundipe

Francisca / Gravedigger's Assistant
Temi Wilkey