Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Release: 1964-09-23
·Runtime: 191m
·★ 6.5
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
Gerome Ragni
as Attendant
John Cullum
as Laertes
Richard Burton
as Hamlet
William Redfield
as Guildenstern
Barnard Hughes
as Marcellus / Priest
Hume Cronyn
as Polonius
Alfred Drake
as Claudius
Eileen Herlie
as Gertrude
George Voskovec
as Player King
Philip Coolidge
as Voltimand
John Gielgud
as Ghost (voice)
George Rose
as First Gravedigger
Linda Marsh
as Ophelia