HAMLET by William Shakespeare
RSC
(22 September 1988 – on tour in the UK) 26 April 1989, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Director: Ron Daniels
Music: Claire van Kampen
Designer: Antony MacDonald
| Guildenstern | Patrick Brennan |
| Rosencrantz | Andrew Bridgmont |
| Voltemand | Mark Brignal |
| Cornelius | Peter Carr |
| Horatio | Jack Ellis |
| Ghost / Player King | Russell Enoch |
| Gravedigger | Jimmy Gardner |
| Polonius | Patrick Godfrey |
| Fortinbras | Jared Harris |
| Reynaldo | Andrew Havill |
| Gertrude | Clare Higgins |
| Sailor | Michael Howell |
| Osric | Paul Lacoux |
| Barnardo | Ben Miles |
| Francisco / Violinist / Gravedigger 2 | William Oxborrow |
| Laertes | John Ramm |
| Marcellus / Priest | Neil Richardson |
| Hamlet | Mark Rylance |
| Ophelia | Rebecca Saire |
| Player 2 | Katherine Stark |
| Player 3 | Roger Tebb |
| Lady | Hilary Tones |
| Claudius | Peter White |
The production was taken to London, where it played at the Barbican Theatre.