Here we have Kenneth Branagh playing Laertes alongside Frances Barber's Ophelia. Kenneth Branagh has played Hamlet on multiple occasions. The experience of playing Laertes gave him the opportunity ...

Pictured here you can see Hamlet and Ophelia sat in front of the player’s stage, upon which the play-within-a-play was performed. The audience watched Ophelia and Laertes sing a duet.

How do you choreograph “To be or not to be”? That is the question, or at least one of them, for anybody looking to make a ...

Lewis Shepherd as Laertes, and Nia Towle as Ophelia. Over the years, actors have confided that preparing to play Hamlet is like training for the Olympics. “I think it’s, it’s certainly ...

The tension rises, culminating in a fateful duel between Hamlet and Laertes, a duel whose outcome leads to tragedy for all. Actors From The London Stage celebrates its 50th anniversary with a ...