Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Reflections
Introduction
Stage History
1 The Fifties: Michael Redgrave 1 – Alec Guinness – Richard Burton – Paul Scofield –Michael Redgrave 2
2 The Sixties: Jeremy Brett – Peter O’Toole – David Warner – Nicol Williamson
3 The Seventies: Alan Howard – Ian McKellen – Albert Finney – Ben Kingsley – Derek Jacobi – Frances de la Tour
4 The Eighties: Jonathan Pryce – Michael Pennington – Anton Lesser – Roger Rees – Kenneth Branagh 1 – Mark Rylance 1 – Daniel Day-Lewis
5 The Nineties: Kenneth Branagh 2 – Alan Cumming – Stephen Dillane – Ralph Fiennes – Alex Jennings – Paul Rhys
6 The Noughties: Mark Rylance 2 – Adrian Lester – Samuel West – Michael Maloney – Ben Whishaw – Jamie Ballard – David Tennant – Jude Law
7 The Teens: Rory Kinnear – Michael Sheen – Jonathan Slinger – Maxine Peake – Benedict Cumberbatch – Paapa Essiedu – Andrew Scott
8 Simon Russell Beale, Hamlet Observed: The National Theatre at Work
9 Hamlets at Elsinore
Main Sources
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index