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Stage on Screen:

Hamlet

Saturday, August 19 at 2 PM
Josephine Louis Theater
20 Arts Circle Drive

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Lyndsey Turner

Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange, Sherlock, The Power of the Dog) plays the title role of Shakespeare’ s great tragedy.

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.

Filmed live from the Barbican.

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original 2015 broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.