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Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

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The action of all these scenes takes place in or around the Royal Castle at Elsinore. Shakespeare's great drama is so well known to most of us that it is only in the manner of its presentation that we can hope to find anything unfamiliar. Hamlet has become not so much a man among men as a role to be interpreted by a leading tragedian, a figure upon the stage. William Shakespeare — Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

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Based on the First Folio, with additions and amendments from the Second Quarto.

Music Patrick Doyle, with John Powell

A Radio 3/Renaissance Theatre Company co-production

Directors: Kenneth Branagh — Glyn Dearman

Hamlet: Kenneth Branagh Claudius: Derek Jacobi Gertrude: Judi Dench. Polonius: Richard Briers Horatio: Michael Williams Ophelia: Sophie Thompson Laertes: James Wilby First Gravedigger: Michael Elphick Player King: Michael Hordern Player Queen: Emma Thompson Ghost: John Gielgud Rosencrantz: Gerard Horan Guildenstern: Christopher Ravenscroft Osric: Richard Clifford Fortinbras: James Simmons Barnardo: Paul Gregory Francesco: Alex Lowe Marcellus: Andrew Jarvis Second Gravedigger: Mark Hadfield Voltemand: Shaun Prendergast Gentlewoman: Abigail Reynolds Sunday 26th April 1992 19:00 BBC Radio 3

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  1. Hamlet Prince of Denmark

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