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