genderbent hamlet → one may smile, and smile, and be a villain…
- michelle dockery as hamlet, the conflicted and doomed heroine
- ruth negga as horatio, hamlet’s loyal friend & companion
- ben whishaw as ophelia, who loves hamlet but is driven to suicide
- tilda swinton as claudius, the usurper of the crown
- hayley atwell as laertes, ophelia’s vengeful sister
- colin firth as gertrude, hamlet’s father who is now married to claudius
- olivia colman as polonius, ophelia & laertes’ foolish mother
- cate blanchett as the ghost of queen hamlet, who hamlet must avenge
(based off discussions and comments made over the months at dailyshakespeare.
a bit of flexibility needed with characters’ ages vs. actors’ actual ages.)
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