Hamlet
Richard Burton's Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
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.
Director John Gielgud
Cast
John Gielgud
Ghost (voice)
Alfred Drake
Claudius
Eileen Herlie
Gertrude
George Rose
First Gravedigger
John Cullum
Laertes
Linda Marsh
Ophelia
William Redfield
Guildenstern
Gerome Ragni
Attendant
Richard Burton
Hamlet
Philip Coolidge
Voltimand
Barnard Hughes
Marcellus / Priest
Hume Cronyn
Polonius
George Voskovec
Player King