Follows the week-by-week progress of the Company preparing to stage a production of Hamlet. The actors describe stage action and the characters they portray, and members of the technical crew discuss aspects of costuming, set design, lighting, and the problems of working with Shakespeare's 400-year-old text.
Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet), Richard Easton (Claudius), Edward Jewesbury (Polonius), Sophie Thompson (Ophelia), Jay Villiers (Laertes), other actors and technical staff of the Company. Patrick Stewart. Featuring The Renaissance Theatre Company, directed by Derek Jacobi.