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Sent by the ghost of his father to avenge his brutal death, Hamlet’s mission to expose the truth is a perilous journey of madness, murder and lost love.
Sent by the ghost of his father to avenge his brutal death, Hamlet’s mission to expose the truth is a perilous journey of madness, murder and lost love. What will ultimately become of a young man sent to kill?
Paapa Essiedu plays Hamlet in Simon Godwin’s critically acclaimed 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company production.
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Sun 21 Jun 2020
21:00
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Horatio | Hiran Abeysekera |
| Osric | Romayne Andrews |
| Player Queen | Doreene Blackstock |
| Voltemand | Eke Chukwu |
| Rosencrantz | James Cooney |
| Guildenstern | Bethan Cullinane |
| Cornelia | Marieme Diouf |
| Hamlet | Paapa Essiedu |
| Player King | Kevin N Golding |
| Laertes | Marcus Griffiths |
| Professor of Wittenberg | Byron Mondahl |
| Gertrude | Tanya Moodie |
| Polonius | Cyril Nri |
| Marcellus | Theo Ogundipe |
| Ophelia | Natalie Simpson |
| Claudius | Clarence Smith |
| Ghost | Ewart James Walters |
| Francisca | Temi Wilkey |
| Director | Simon Godwin |
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- Sun 21 Jun 2020 21:00
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