Hamlet
To be, or not to be?
A cerebral, darkly melancholic staging of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy that grapples profoundly with mortality, madness, and moral paralysis.
David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, very funny.
Essence
Ensemble
David Tennant
Hamlet
Patrick Stewart
Claudius / Ghost
Penny Downie
Gertrude
Oliver Ford Davies
Polonius
Mariah Gale
Ophelia
Edward Bennett
Laertes
Peter de Jersey
Horatio
Sam Alexander
Rosencrantz / Second Gravedigger
Tom Davey
Guildenstern
Mark Hadfield
Gravedigger
John Woodvine
Player King
Ryan Gage
Osric / Player Queen
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
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Something gentler
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Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
