Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliott and Walter Ringham.BFI.org It is an adaptation of the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare made by the Hepworth Company and based on the Drury Lane Theatre's 1913 staging of the work.
Plot After the Ghost of his father appears, Hamlet (Forbes) kills his stepfather, but dies after sustaining fatal battle wounds.
Cast Johnston Forbes-Robertson - Prince Hamlet Gertrude Elliott - Ophelia Walter Ringham - Claudius Adeleine Bourne - Gertrude J.H. Barnes - Polonius S.A. Cookson - Horatio Alex Scott-Gatty - Laertes Grendon Bentley - Fortinbras Montagu Rutherford - Priest J.H. Ryley - A Gravedigger Percy Rhodes - The Ghost Robert Atkins - Marcellus Eric Adeney - Reynaldo Richard Andean - Second Player George Hayes - Osric S.T. Pearce - Second Gravedigger Olive Richardson - Player Queen E.A. Ross - Guildenstern
See also List of ghost films
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Program poster for a screening of the film(Wayback retrieval)