Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet October 26

Benedict Cumberbatch in the role of Hamlet – Johan Persson photo

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy in the next HD screening at San Juan Community Theatre on Monday, October 26 at 7 pm.

Directed by Lyndsey Turner and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live presents Hamlet from London’s Barbican Theatre, recorded live on October 15. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

Variety’s Matt Trueman said of the production: “This is a Hamlet for a world on the edge: a warning from history, and a plea for new ideas from a new generation.”

Tickets for Hamlet are $20 for adults, $18 for SJCT members and $10 for student reserved. Due to a financial agreement with the Met, no SJCT coupons are accepted for these productions. Tickets are available online at www.sjctheatre.org or at the SJCT Box Office: 378-3210.

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