Here, Hamlet explains (or attempts to explain) his feelings to his friends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who have just admitted they were summoned by the king and queen to check on him.

Already grieving for his father and sickened by the recent remarriage of his mother, Queen Gertrude (Nancy Carroll) to his uncle Claudius (Jared Harris), Hamlet learns that Claudius had in fact ...

Pictured above is Hamlet talking with Claudius and Gertrude during the opening scene. There's a stark contrast in the white costumes of the king and queen compared to Hamlet dressed in sombre black.

Hamlet, played by Alex Jennings ... the production launched straight into the party atmosphere for the King and Queen's marriage. This picture shows the inside of Claudius's office.