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by William Shakespeare
and Narrator, Duncan Carse
Production by John Richmond
(The recorded broadcast of Dec. 26)
Scene: Denmark
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Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Narrator:
Duncan Carse
Production By:
John Richmond
Gentlemen of the guard:Bernardo:
Richard Williams
Francisco:
Stanley Groome
Horatio, Hamlet's friend:
Sebastian Shaw
Marcellus, officer of the royal guard:
Anthony Jacobs
Claudius, King of Denmark, brother of the late King:
Andrew Cruickshank
Voltlmand, a courtier:
Hugh Manning
Laertes son of Polonius:
Hugh Burden
Polonius, chief of theKing's counsellors.:
Ballol Holloway
Hamlet, son of the late, and nephew of the present King:
John Gielgud
Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, Hamlet' mother.:
Marian Spencer
Ophelia, daughter of Polonlus:
Celia Johnson
Ghost of the late King:
Leon Quartermaine
Reynoldo:
Frank Atkinson
Rosencrantz:
Bryan Coleman
Guildenstern:
John Chandos
First player:
Hugh Griffith
Player queen:
Denise Bryer
Fortinbras, prince of Norway:
Andrew Faulds
A captain of the Norwegian army:
Denis McCarthy
Gravediggers:
Charles Leno
Gravediggers:
Preston Lockwood
A priest:
Arthur Ridley
Osrlc, a ' fantastic:
Esmé Percy
A gentleman:
Alastair Duncan
Ambassador from England:
Victor Lucas

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