by William Shakespeare

directed by Robert Icke
Set and costume design Hildegard Bechtler
Lighting Natasha Chivers
Sound Tom Gibbons
Video Tal Yarden
Video Associate Michaela Liakata
Casting Julia Horan CDG
Associate Director Daniel Raggett
Resident Director Illinca Radulian
Costume Supervision Laura Hunt, Claire Wardroper
Ophelia´s Song/Composition Laura Marling
Fight Director Kevin McCurdy
Fencing Coach Fighting Fit Fencing


Approx. 3h 50min, incl. 2 intervals (1h 50 min, 35 min, )

from 18.2.2017, press night 28.2.2017, 18.3.2017 until 8.4.2017 (+extra free shows for under 25s until 15.4.2017)

Hamlet:                                  Andrew Scott
Gertrude:                                Juliet Stevenson
Claudius:                                Angus Wright
Polonius:                                Peter Wight
Laetes:                                  Luke Thompson
Horatio:                                 Elliot Barnes-Worrell
Orphelia:                                Jessica Brown Findlay
Rosencrantz:                             Calum Finlay
Guildenstern:                            Amaka Okafor
Francisco / Gravedigger:                 Barry Aird
Player Queen:                            Marty Cruickshank
Marcellus:                               Joshua Higgott
Reynaldo:                                Daniel Rabin
Ghost / Player King:                     David Rintoul
Bernardo / Player 3 / Priest:            Matthew Wynn

Appearing on video
Fortinbras:                              John MacMillan
Voltimand:                               Lorna Brown
Newscaster:                              Sule Rimi
Young Hamlet:                            Samuel Smith
Priest:                                  Father Roy Pearson
Reporters:                               Skye Bennett, Tommy Burgess, Andrew Lewis, David Tarkenter, Pippa Winslow

The director used a scene between Gertrude and Horatio from a bad Quarto to show how Horatio is giving Gertrude a letter from the returning Hamlet informing Gertrude about her husband's betrayal.


In part new cast for West End transfer:

Juliet Stevensen only until 01.07.2017

from 9.6.2017, 10.07.20,5.8.2017 until 2.9.2017