Hamlet
Richard Burton's Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
1964-09-23
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Cast
Director
John Gielgud
Richard Burton as Hamlet
Hume Cronyn as Polonius
Alfred Drake as Claudius
Eileen Herlie as Gertrude
William Redfield as Guildenstern
George Rose as First Gravedigger
George Voskovec as Player King
Philip Coolidge as Voltimand
John Cullum as Laertes
John Gielgud as Ghost (voice)
Barnard Hughes as Marcellus / Priest
Linda Marsh as Ophelia
Gerome Ragni as Attendant