McKellen reprises his lead role as Hamlet, and co-stars with the stage cast of the 2021 Theatre Royal Windsor production of play, including Frances Barber (The Unfriend, King Lear, The Seagull), Jonathan Hyde (King Lear, Titanic, Crimson Peak), Jenny Seagrove (Local Hero, Woman of Substance), Steven Berkoff (Vikings, A Clockwork Orange), BAFTA-winner Francesca Annis (Jane Eyre, Wives and Daughters) and Directed by Sean Mathias.



The movie is shot at the Theatre Royal Windsor, owned by Bill Kenwright Productions, and utilises nearly every room of the theatre to transform it into Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to roof-top battlements.

Kaleidoscope will release Hamlet in UK cinemas in early 2024, and the movie is executive produced by David Gilbery (The Lost Daughter) and Naomi George (My Pure Land).

Kaleidoscope CEO Spencer Pollard said in a statement: “We are very honoured and proud to bring to UK screens and international buyers a film with this prestige. A moving re-telling of one of Shakespeare’s most important pieces of work.”

Hamlet - Ian McKellen - Feature Film - 2024 - Trailer - 4K

Shakespeare's Monologues and Soliloquies - All Texts - 38 Plays
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Interviews - Cast - 2023 / Principal Photography (2019-2022)
Interviewee: ASTRID BELLAMY - Role: Phrynia

Estimated release: 2024-2025

Interviews - Cast - 2023 - ASTRID BELLAMY - Role: Phrynia - Principal Photography (2019-2022)

John Barrymore - Hamlet - Film and Audio Archives - Solos and Scenes

1- "To be, or not to be" - 1937 - 78 RPM recording - Famous Record Co.
2- "Now I am alone" - 1927 - 78 RPM recording - RCA - Victor
3- Hamlet Compilation - 1937 NBC - Streamlined Shakespeare radio series

John Barrymore, original name John Sidney Blyth, (born February 15, 1882, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died May 29, 1942, Hollywood, California), American actor, called “The Great Profile,” who is remembered both for his film and stage roles as a debonair leading man and for his interpretations of William Shakespeare’s Richard III and Hamlet.

John was born into a theatrical family; his parents, Maurice and Georgiana Barrymore, were stage actors, and his siblings, Ethel and Lionel, also became noted actors. John studied painting in Paris but returned to the United States to make his stage debut in 1903. He became a popular light comedian, but it was in serious roles that he scored his greatest stage triumphs. The most important of these were Justice (1916), Peter Ibbetson (1917), The Jest (1919), Richard III (1920), and Hamlet (New York, 1922; London, 1925). These roles led to his being acclaimed as one of the greatest tragedian of his generation.

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