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Hamlet (Season 1, Episode 23)

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

The Prince of Denmark seeks to avenge his murdered father.

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Feb 27, 1956 (United Kingdom)

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Paul Scofield Hamlet Hamlet See fewer	A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Mary Ure Ophelia Ophelia See fewer	Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Diana Wynyard Gertrude Gertrude See fewer	Cavalcade (1933)
Alec Clunes Claudius Claudius See fewer	The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955)
Ernest Thesiger Polonius Polonius See fewer	Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Richard Johnson Laertes Laertes See fewer	The Haunting (1963)
Harry H. Corbett Gravedigger Gravedigger See fewer	Carry on Screaming! (1966)
Peter Brook Self - narrator Self - narrator See fewer	Lord of the Flies (1963)