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Hamlet

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, Doctor Strange) Plays takes on the tile role in Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

Credits

Country
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Language
Engels
Subtitles
Engels
Directed by
Lyndsey Turner
Starring
Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Sian Brooke

Storyline

Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original 2015 broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.

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