A family torn apart

National Theatre Live’s Hamlet encores at Palace Cineplex this Sunday

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.