This outstanding historical recording is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud’s greatest moments. Though he went on to record it for commercial release, nothing matched this recording in the BBC studios, made before the days of editing.

A radio programme
BBC Programme Number: 27SX4445
First broadcast on 1948-12-26
Recorded on 1948-11-30

A tragedy by William Shakespeare: No. 14 in the series World Theatre.
Produced by John Richmond.

Bernardo: Richard Williams
Francisco: Stanley Groome
Horatio: Sebastian Shaw
Marcellus: Anthony Jacobs
Claudius: Andrew Cruickshank
Voltimand: Hugh Manning
Laertes: Hugh Burden
Polonius: Baliol Holloway
Hamlet: John Gielgud
Gertrude: Marian Spencer
Ophelia: Celia Johnson
Ghost of the late King: Leon Quartermaine
Reynaldo: Frank Atkinson
Rosencrantz: Bryan Coleman
Guildenstern: John Chandos
First player: Hugh Griffith
Player queen: Denise Bryer
Fortinbras: Andrew Faulds
A captain of the Norwegian army: Denis McCarthy
Two gravediggers: Charles Leno, Preston Lockwood
Priest: Arthur Ridley
Osric: Esme Percy
A gentleman: Alastair Duncan
Ambassador from England: Victor Lucas

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