

Hamlet
DirectorsBill Colleran, John Gielgud
“Richard Burton's Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre”
A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
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Cast

Richard Burton
Hamlet

Hume Cronyn
Polonius

Alfred Drake
Claudius

Eileen Herlie
Gertrude

William Redfield
Guildenstern

George Rose
First Gravedigger

George Voskovec
Player King
Hugh Alexander
Cornelius / Second Gravedigger / English Ambassador

Philip Coolidge
Voltimand
Christopher Culkin
Player Queen

John Cullum
Laertes
Michael Ebert
Francisco / Fortinbras
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