Jamie Parker celebrities seeing that the Prince of Denmark in this brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast production.

On the Castle of Elsinore in Denmark, the court is uneasy. The king of Denmark has died and the throne has been claimed from the king’s brother, Claudius.

Prince Hamlet, still in mourning for his dad, distrusts Claudius and believes that what has happened at the court ‘cannot come to good’. The ghost of his dad has informed him he was murdered by Claudius. Can it be accurate? He arranges to get a troupe of players to emulate such a murder before the courtroom, in the wish that the truth will out.

As circumstances play away, and Hamlet is variously counselled and challenged by the King and Queen, Laertes, Polonius, Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the fabric of the court starts to unravel. Soon Hamlet’s indecision qualified prospects to some tragic occasions – also to what end?