Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The
Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of
Shakespeare’s great tragedy.
Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by
Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly
awaited production live to cinemas.
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.