Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliott and Walter Ringham.[1] It is an adaptation of the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare made by the Hepworth Company and based on the Drury Lane Theatre's 1913 staging of the work.
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 Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Hamlet, and S. A. Cookson as Horatio in Hamlet (1913) | |
| Directed by | Hay Plumb |
| Based on | Hamlet 1599 play by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Cecil Hepworth |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Plot edit
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Cast edit
- Johnston Forbes-Robertson - Hamlet
- Gertrude Elliott - Ophelia
- Walter Ringham - Claudius
- Adeleine Bourne - Gertrude
- J.H. Barnes - Polonius
- S.A. Cookson - Horatio
- Alex Scott-Gatty - Laertes
- Grendon Bentley - Fortinbras
- Montagu Rutherford - Priest
- J.H. Ryley - A Gravedigger
- Percy Rhodes - The Ghost
- Robert Atkins - Marcellus
- Eric Adeney - Reynaldo
- Richard Andean - Second Player
- George Hayes - Osric
- S.T. Pearce - Second Gravedigger
- Olive Richardson - Player Queen
- E.A. Ross - Guildenstern
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