Elsinore

Synopsis

When his brother, Claudius is captured by the notorious Pirate, Captain True, King Hamlet is sent a ransom demand. At home in Denmark, the seeds of rebellion begin to take root.

Elsinore is set in an alternative Europe of the 1930s and re-imagines the Danish Court in the years leading up to the evens in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Series

Elsinore

Language

English

Country

Great Britain; United Kingdom

Medium

Radio

Notes

A four-part, prequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Subjects

Politics & government; Shakespeare

Keywords

Denmark; tragedy

Online availability

URI

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09k1fjl

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Director

Marc Beeby; Sasha Yevtushenko

Writer

Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Cast

Abbie Andrews
Adam Fitzgerald
Chetna Pandya
Clive Hayward
David Reakes
Isabella Inchbald
John Heffernan
John Light
Neil McCaul
Philip Betherton
Rupert Holliday Evans
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

Distributor

Name

BBC Radio 4

Web

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 External site opens in new window