and his Polish Hamlet portrait is no different. Ferdynand Ruszczyc was a master of the art of creating expressive, emotional landscapes with minimal means, which is especially evident in his painting ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Christopher Plummer played Hamlet and his best friend Horatio was played by a young Michael Caine – his only filmed Shakespearean role. Made to celebrate ...

Michael Caine as Horatio and Christopher Plummer as Hamlet. The BBC marked the four hundred year anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth with an ambitious production, Hamlet at Elsinore, shown on 19 ...

Dr Nick Walton from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust talks about the history of Hamlet in performance on the RSC stage. This production from 2001, directed by Stephen Pimlott, was performed in a ...