Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
6.5
191 minutes
9/23/1964
Overview
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.
Cast List
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
Hugh Alexander
as Cornelius / Second Gravedigger / English Ambassador
Philip Coolidge
as Voltimand
Christopher Culkin
as Player Queen
John Cullum
as Laertes
Michael Ebert
as Francisco / Fortinbras
Dillon Evans
as Reynaldo / Osric / Fortinbras's Captain
Clement Fowler
as Rosencrantz
Geoff Garland
as Lucianus
John Gielgud
as Ghost (voice)
John Hetherington
as Player Prologue
Barnard Hughes
as Marcellus / Priest
Linda Marsh
as Ophelia
Robert Milli
as Horatio
Frederick Young
as Bernardo
Kate Beswick
as Lady
Alex Giannini
as Messenger
Claude Harz
as Lord
Gerome Ragni
as Attendant
Richard Sterne
as Gentleman
Carol Teitel
as Lady