Hamlet (1964)
Richard Burton's Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
191 min
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.
- Release date
- September 23, 1964
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Richard Burton as Hamlet
- Hume Cronyn as Polonius
- Alfred Drake as Claudius
- Eileen Herlie as Gertrude
- William Redfield as Guildenstern
- George Rose as First Gravedigger
- George Voskovec as Player King
- Hugh Alexander as Cornelius
- Hugh Alexander as Second Gravedigger
- Hugh Alexander as English Ambassador
- Philip Coolidge as Voltimand
- Kit Culkin as Player Queen
Crew
- Bill Colleran · Director
- John Gielgud · Director
- William Shakespeare · Writer
- Alfred W. Crown · Producer
- John Heyman · Producer
- William Sargent Jr. · Producer
- Bill Colleran · Cinematographer
- Bruce B. Pierce · Editor
- Ben Edwards · Production designer