Rosencrantz and Guildernstern Are Dead

Synopsis: A video recording, using a single camera, of the National Theatre’s 1995 production of Rosencrantz and Guildernstern Are Dead. Directed by Matthew Francis with Simon Russell Beale as Guildenstern and Adrian Scarborough as Rosencrantz.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 13 Jan 1996
Duration: 165 mins

History: Matinee performance recorded. An audio description recording was made 12 August 1996.

Paul Rattigan	Hamlet (Hamlet)
Julian Forsyth	Claudius/Pirate (Claudius)
Lois Baxter	Gertrude (Gertrude)
Harry Towb	Polonius
Claudie Blakley	Ophelia/Pirate (Ophelia)
Adrian Scarborough	Rosencrantz (Rosencrantz)
Alan Howard	Player King (Player King)
Callum Dixon	Alfred
Charles Milham	Laertes/Pirate (Laertes)
Clive Llewellyn	Tragedian
Colin Haigh	First Ambassador/Courtier/Pirate (Ambassador)
Francis Maguire	Lady-in-Waiting
Gareth Vaughan	Courtier/Pirate
Jacqui O’Hanlan	Lady-in-Waiting/Pirate/Singer
James Hirst	Tragedian
Kraig Thornber	Tragedian
Luke Williams	Tragedian
Malcolm James	Horatio/Courtier/Pirate (Horatio)
Marianne Morley	Lady-in-Waiting
Roland Holmes	Tragedian
Simon Russell Beale	Guildernstern (Guildenstern)
Tim Crouch	Tragedian

British Universities Film & Video Council