Andrew Scott as Hamlet at the Almeida – in pictures
Scott, best known as Sherlock’s Moriarty, is playing the highest-profile Hamlet since Benedict Cumberbatch took on the role in 2015. Here is an exclusive first look at the production
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Graveyard duty … Andrew Scott in Hamlet at the Almeida, directed by Robert Icke. All photographs: Manuel Harlan
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Angus Wright as Claudius, Scott as Hamlet and Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude. Icke previously directed Wright in Oresteia and Stevenson in Mary Stuart
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Jessica Brown Findlay, another Oresteia star, plays Ophelia and Luke Thompson plays Laertes. The production features Ophelia’s Song written by Laura Marling
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Scott with Amaka Okafor as Guildenstern and Calum Finlay as Rosencrantz. The production is designed by Hildegard Bechtler
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David Rintoul as the Player King and Marty Cruickshank as the Player Queen
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