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