Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
6.5
| No genre available1964-09-23
191 mins
The Plot
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 and Crew
Richard Burton
Hamlet
Hume Cronyn
Polonius
Alfred Drake
Claudius
Eileen Herlie
Gertrude
William Redfield
Guildenstern
George Rose
First Gravedigger
George Voskovec
Player King
Hugh Alexander
Cornelius / Second Gravedigger / English Ambassador
Philip Coolidge
Voltimand
Christopher Culkin
Player Queen
John Cullum
Laertes
Michael Ebert
Francisco / Fortinbras
Dillon Evans
Reynaldo / Osric / Fortinbras's Captain
Clement Fowler
Rosencrantz
Geoff Garland
Lucianus
John Gielgud
Ghost (voice)
John Hetherington
Player Prologue
Barnard Hughes
Marcellus / Priest
Linda Marsh
Ophelia
Robert Milli
Horatio
Frederick Young
Bernardo
Kate Beswick
Lady
Alex Giannini
Messenger
Claude Harz
Lord
Gerome Ragni
Attendant
Richard Sterne
Gentleman