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As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Hamlet
Ciarán Hinds
Claudius
Anastasia Hille
Gertrude
Sian Brooke
Ophelia
Jim Norton
Polonius
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Laertes
Leo Bill
Horatio
Matthew Steer
Rosencrantz
Rudi Dharmalingam
Guildenstern
Sergo Vares
Fortinbras
Barry Aird
Danish Soldier / Norwegian Soldier
Eddie Arnold
Captain / Servant
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