Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliott and Walter Ringham. 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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Plot
After the Ghost of his father appears, Hamlet (Forbes) kills his stepfather, but dies after sustaining fatal battle wounds.
Cast
Johnston Forbes-Robertson - Prince 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