Cast Hamlet.......................Simon Russell Beale
Ophelia......................Imogen Stubbs
Gertrude ....................Jane Lapotaire
Claudius ....................Bob Peck
Polonius ....................Norman Rodway
Ghost/Gravedigger............Paul Jesson
Horatio .....................Alan Cox
Laertes......................Damian Lewis
Rosencrantz..................John McAndrew
Guildenstern ................Clarence Smith
Player King .................Clifford Rose
Fortinbras ..................Chook Sibtain
Marcellus/Osric .............Nicholas Rowe
Cornelius/Reynaldo ..........Alex Boyd-Williams
Prologue/Lucianus/Doctor.....Nicholas Murchie
Player Queen ................Steven O’Neill
Bernardo ....................Alan Westaway
Francisco ...................Alex McSweeney
Voltemand....................Nick Monu
About the Author:
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.