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 ...

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 ...

As are the compromises in the action, the climactic duel between Hamlet and Laertes more mimed than fought, Gertrude’s poisoning a grab at the throat, a collapse and we’re back with King ...

His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The tension rises, culminating in a fateful duel between Hamlet and Laertes, a duel whose outcome leads to tragedy for all.