Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Claudius and Laertes will do whatever it takes to get rid of Hamlet, once and for all, but the plan backfires. Director Gregory Doran and the cast give ...

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.

Most challenging scene to stage: The duel between Hamlet and Laertes. Scala: “We had two whole (three-hour) rehearsals just doing the fight choreography for that.” The cast’s favorite line s ...