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Hamlet at Elsinore is a 1964 television version of the c. 1600 play by William Shakespeare. Produced by the BBC in association with Danish Radio, it was shown in the U.S. on NET. Winning wide acclaim both for its performances and for being shot entirely at Helsingør, in the castle in which the play is set, it is the only version of the play to have actually been shot at Elsinore Castle. This programme was recorded and edited on video tape and not 'filmed'. The director was Philip Saville. It was the longest version of the play telecast in one evening up to that time, running nearly three hours. A 1947 telecast of the play had split it up into two ninety-minute halves over two weeks.
Original Release
04/15/1964
US Release
11/15/1964
Cast
Name | Character |
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Christopher Plummer | Hamlet |
Robert Shaw | Claudius, King of Denmark / Claudius |
Alec Clunes | Polonius |
Michael Caine | Horatio |
June Tobin | Gertrude / Gertrude, Queen of Denmark |
Jo Maxwell Muller | Ophelia |
Roy Kinnear | Gravedigger |
Philip Locke | Osric |
Dyson Lovell | Laertes |
Peter Prowse | Marcellus |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Christopher Plummer | Hamlet |
Robert Shaw | Claudius, King of Denmark / Claudius |
Alec Clunes | Polonius |
Michael Caine | Horatio |
June Tobin | Gertrude / Gertrude, Queen of Denmark |
Jo Maxwell Muller | Ophelia |
Roy Kinnear | Gravedigger |
Philip Locke | Osric |
Dyson Lovell | Laertes |
Peter Prowse | Marcellus |
David Calderisi | Rosencrantz |
Bill Wallis | Guildenstern |
Charles Carson | Priest |
David Swift | Player King |
Lindsay Kemp | Player Queen |
Steven Berkoff | Lucianus |
Donald Sutherland | Fortinbras / Fortinbras, Prince of Norway |
Joby Blanshard | Captain |
Michael Goldie | Bernardo |
William Hobbs | Prologue |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Luke | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1966 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama | Nominated |