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Sent by the ghost of his father to avenge his brutal death, Hamlet’s mission to expose the truth is a perilous journey of madness, murder and lost love.

Sent by the ghost of his father to avenge his brutal death, Hamlet’s mission to expose the truth is a perilous journey of madness, murder and lost love. What will ultimately become of a young man sent to kill?

Paapa Essiedu plays Hamlet in Simon Godwin’s critically acclaimed 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company production.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Sun 21 Jun 202021:00
BBC Four

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Credits

HoratioHiran Abeysekera
OsricRomayne Andrews
Player QueenDoreene Blackstock
VoltemandEke Chukwu
RosencrantzJames Cooney
GuildensternBethan Cullinane
CorneliaMarieme Diouf
HamletPaapa Essiedu
Player KingKevin N Golding
LaertesMarcus Griffiths
Professor of WittenbergByron Mondahl
GertrudeTanya Moodie
PoloniusCyril Nri
MarcellusTheo Ogundipe
OpheliaNatalie Simpson
ClaudiusClarence Smith
GhostEwart James Walters
FranciscaTemi Wilkey
DirectorSimon Godwin

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