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