Shakespeare’s HAMLET, directed by Nicholas Hytner, featuring cast Rory Kinnear in the title role, David Calder as Polonius, Clare Higgins as Gertrude, Patrick Malahide as Claudius and Ruth Negga as Ophelia.
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt
Cast
Francisco Matthew Barker
Polonius David Calder
Marcellus Marcus Cunningham
Fortinbras Jake Fairbrother
Gertrude Clare Higgins
Rosencrantz Ferdinand Kingsley
Hamlet Rory Kinnear
Laertes Alex Lanipekun
Ghost/Player King James Laurenson
Claudius Patrick Malahide
Ophelia Ruth Negga
Voltemand James Pearse
Player Queen Saskia Portway
Reynaldo Victor Power
Guildenstern Prasanna Puwanarajah
Osric Nick Sampson
English Ambassador/Lucianus Michael Sheldon
Priest Leo Staar
Messenger Zara Tempest-Walters
Horatio Giles Terera
Cornelia Ellie Turner
Production Team
Director Nicholas Hytner
Designer Vicki Mortimer
Lighting Designer Jon Clark
Fight Director Kate Waters
Sound Designer Paul Groothuis
Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, sees his father’s ghost. Tormented with loathing and consumed by grief, he must avenge his father's murder. What he cannot foresee is the destruction that ensues.
Following his celebrated performances at the National in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet