2009 film by Gregory Doran
Hamlet is a 2009 television film adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company 's 2008 modern-dress stage production of William Shakespeare 's play of the same name , aired on BBC Two on 26 December 2009. It was broadcast by PBS ' Great Performances in the United States on 28 April 2010.
Directed by Gregory Doran , it features the original stage cast of David Tennant in the title role of Prince Hamlet , Patrick Stewart as both King Claudius and the ghost of Hamlet's father , Penny Downie as Queen Gertrude , Mariah Gale as Ophelia , Edward Bennett as Laertes , Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius , and Peter de Jersey as Horatio .
Production
The production was filmed with a single-camera setup , using the pioneering RED One camera technology.
Cast
DVD release
The film was released by 2 Entertain in the United Kingdom and Ireland on DVD on 4 January 2010 and on Blu-ray on 19 April 2010 and on DVD and Blu-ray on 4 May 2010 in the United States and Canada.
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