National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Leo Bill, Jim Norton, Karl Johnson, Anastasia Hille, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Sian Brooke, Gillian Bevan
Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) took on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live broadcasted this eagerly awaited production live to cinemas.
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
Transmission of the performance from the Barbican Theatre in London on 15 October 2015. The performance from the National Theatre Live series.