Hamlet 2024

McKellen reprises his lead role as Hamlet, and co-stars with the stage cast of the 2021 Theatre Royal Windsor production of the play, including Frances Barber (The Unfriend, King Lear, The Seagull), Jonathan Hyde (King Lear, Titanic, Crimson Peak), Jenny Seagrove (Local Hero, Woman of Substance), Steven Berkoff (Vikings, A Clockwork Orange), BAFTA-winner Francesca Annis (Jane Eyre, Wives and Daughters) and Directed by Sean Mathias.

The movie is shot at the Theatre Royal Windsor, owned by Bill Kenwright Productions, and utilises nearly every room of the theatre to transform it into Elsinore Castle, from basement dungeon to roof-top battlements.