Andrew Scott's Hamlet will ruin all other Hamlets for you. Sorry, not sorry.
Hamlet captures the Almeida Theatre's 2017 acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's great play, recorded as-live in its West End transfer on the stage of London's Harold Pinter Theatre. Robert Icke's innovative modern-dress production, featuring Andrew Scott, Juliet Stevenson, Angus Wright and Jessica Brown Findlay, has been widely acclaimed as a dazzlingly intelligent, forcefully contemporary staging. The Evening Standard hailed Andrew Scott's 'career-defining performance... he makes the most famous speeches feel fresh and unpredictable.'
Acting
Andrew Scott's 'To be or not to be' — apparently improvised each night
Direction
CCTV screens turn the stage into a panopticon of guilt
Production
Modern dress lets the language hit like a gut punch
Director
Robert Icke
Andrew Scott
Hamlet
Angus Wright
Claudius
Juliet Stevenson
Gertrude
Jessica Brown Findlay
Ophelia
Peter Wight
Polonius
Joshua Higgott
Horatio
Amaka Okafor
Guildenstern
Luke Thompson
Laertes
Maanuv Thiara
Marcellus
Daniel Rabin
Reynaldo
Barry Aird
Francisco/Gravedigger
Marty Cruikshank
Player Queen
David Rintoul
Ghost/Player King
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Icke's production used a real working kitchen on stage; the soup scene was literally cooking.
Icke's Hamlet begins with the ghost's appearance treated as psychological episode — the entire play becomes potential hallucination.
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