The original 2015 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas, starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. -- Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, our broadcast of Hamlet returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. From Sonia Friedman Productions. -- Subscribe on YouTube: Sign up to our monthly newsletter: National Theatre TikTok: @nationaltheatre National Theatre Twitter: National Theatre Facebook: National Theatre Instagram: National Theatre Live Twitter: National Theatre Live Facebook: -- At the National Theatre in London, we make world-class theatre that is entertaining, challenging and inspiring. And we make it for everyone: National Theatre Live broadcast the best of British theatre to cinemas in the UK and around the world: National Theatre at Home streams unmissable theatre to you any time, anywhere:
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