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BBC Television Shakespeare :: Hamlet (02x06)

Episode Information

Title:

Hamlet

Episode #:

02x06

Original Airdate:

Sunday May 25th, 1980

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Episode Crew
Director:	Rodney Bennett
Writer:	William Shakespeare

Episode Summary

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Classic tragedy about Hamlet, a melancholy Prince of Denmark, who sets out to avenge the murder of his father by his uncle who now occupies the Danish throne.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Claire Bloom	played	Queen Gertrude	Recurring (second appearance)
•David Henry (1)	played	English Ambassador	Recurring (second appearance)
•Derek Jacobi	played	Hamlet, Prince of Denmark	Recurring (second appearance)
•Emrys James	played	First Player - King	Recurring (first appearance)
•Ian Charleson	played	Fortinbras	Recurring (first appearance)
•John Sterland	played	Cornelius	Recurring (second appearance)
•Michael Poole	played	Priest	Recurring (second appearance)
•Patrick Allen (1)	played	Ghost	Recurring (first appearance)
•Peter Benson (1)	played	Second Gravedigger	Recurring (first appearance)
•Peter Gale (1)	played	Osric	Recurring (first appearance)
•Reginald Jessup	played	Messenger	Recurring (second appearance)
•Terence McGinity	played	Player in the mime - Murderer	Recurring (first appearance)
•Tim Wylton	played	First Grave Digger	Recurring (second appearance)
•Bill Homewood	played	Player in the mime - King
•Christopher Baines	played	Francisco
•Dan Meaden	played	Norwegian Captain
•David Robb	played	Laertes
•Eric Porter	played	Polonius
•Geoffrey Bateman	played	Guildenstern
•Geoffrey Beevers	played	Third Player - Lucianus
•Iain Blair	played	Sailor
•Jason Kemp	played	Second Player - Queen
•John Humphry (1)	played	Voltimand
•Jonathan Hyde (1)	played	Rosencrantz
•Lalla Ward	played	Ophelia
•Niall Padden	played	Bernardo
•Patrick Stewart	played	King Claudius
•Paul Humpoletz	played	Marcellus
•Peter Burroughs	played	Player
•Peter Richard	played	Player in the mime - Queen
•Raymond Mason	played	Reynaldo
•Robert Swann	played	Horatio
•Stuart Fell	played	Player