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.)