Discovering Hamlet
7
44 minutes
11/1/2011
Overview
Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought Shakespeare's great tragedy to life. Christopher Plummer, David Tennant, John Nettles, John Simm, Sir Trevor Nunn, Franco Zeffirelli, Philip Saville, and others explore the enduring appeal of the Prince of Denmark more than 400 years after his stage debut.
Cast List
Gregory Doran
as Self
Jonathan Miller
as Self
John Nettles
as Self
Trevor Nunn
as Self
Christopher Plummer
as Self
Michael Radford
as Self
John Simm
as Self
David Tennant
as Self
Franco Zeffirelli
as Self
Kenneth Branagh
as Hamlet (archive footage)
Laurence Olivier
as Hamlet (archive footage)
Mel Gibson
as Hamlet (archive footage)
Cal Saville
as Hamlet
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
as Hamlet (archive footage)
Alan Bates
as Claudius (archive footage)
Helena Bonham Carter
as Ophelia (archive footage)
Michael Caine
as Horatio (archive footage)
Glenn Close
as Gertrude (archive footage)
John Gielgud
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Ian Holm
as Polonius (archive footage)
Paul Scofield
as The Ghost (archive footage)
Robert Shaw
as Claudius (archive footage)
Jean Simmons
as Ophelia (archive footage)
Kate Winslet
as Ophelia (archive footage)