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

Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, The Power of the Dog) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

After selling out multiple screenings at the Jacob Burns Film Center in 2015, NT Live: Hamlet returns to the JBFC nearly a decade later for an encore presentation.

Filmed live from the Barbican.