Elsinore

Synopsis

Claudius is despatched to Sweden to repatriate the body of the traitor, Lord Anders. He discovers deeply worrying news about a plot by his brother, King Hamlet.

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

Shakespeare

Keywords

tragedy; 1930s

Online availability

URI

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l8r7d

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Director

Marc Beeby; Sasha Yevtushenko

Writer

Sebastian Baczkiewicz

Cast

Abbie Andrews
Clive Hayward
David Reakes
John Heffernan
John Light
Lyndsey Marshal
Neil McCaul
Philip Bretherton
Rupert Holliday Evans
Sudha Bhuchar
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong

Distributor

Name

BBC Radio 4

Web

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