by William Shakespeare
Roger Livesey ... Gravedigger
Nicol Williamson ... Hamlet
Gordon Jackson ... Horatio
Michael Pennington ... Laertes
Robert Murch ... Priest
Judy Parfitt ... Gertrude
Anthony Hopkins ... Claudius
go here to see Kevin Kline in the Gravedigger scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAx_q6be3pE
go here to see Roger Livesey as Billy Rice in "The Entertainer" (1960) with Laurence Olivier:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quUGIMchORc
RIP Nicol
destructivedandy 5 hours ago
Saw this on stage NYC when I was in high school. His portrayal a favorite for me. Same English teacher Mr. Scott, Westfield, NJ) took us to see "Great White Hope."
BOOMNERD51 2 days ago
An outstanding clip.
jahaniman 3 days ago
@al1936ful best screen hamlet? Burton's videotaped, theatrically released performance directed by John Gilgude strikes me as a more venerable, done-on-stage option with Dick being all he can be, including comedic, in his performance!
diddymuck 6 months ago
@al1936ful branagh certainly is best and he directed.
SPARTANZODIAC007 9 months ago
@paulm396 I agree. I think his performance is perfect. I find Olivier's, by comparison, to be melodramatic and stagey. I love this film version of Hamlet and wish it would find its way to DVD.
apeloki 1 year ago
He is unquestionably the best screen Hamlet ; head and shoulders above the rest. Both his delivery and his empathy with the playwright are perfect. A great actor and an astonishing performance.
paulm396 1 year ago
Good actor but he did a terrible hamlet. He's about as convincing in the role as Basil Brush.
DeafFret 1 year ago
@al1936ful You're funny!
KellyGreen5555 1 year ago
@CassandroJMR And you obviously don't know what you're talking about if you claim so many of those Hamlets are garbage.
Nicol Williamson is far from being the best Hamlet. Branagh is the best, and Kline is the best American-born Hamlet there is, as well as the finest American Shakespeare actor alive right now.
al1936ful 1 year ago