Richard Burton as Hamlet & John Gielgud as Ghost in Hamlet - 1964 (audio recording)

Audio dramatization of Hamlet by William Shakespeare directed by John Gielgud.
Act I scenes 4 and 5 (Ghost scene) .
Hamlet - Richard Burton
Ghost - Sir John Gielgud
Horatio - Robert Milli
Marcellus - Barnard Hughes
Recorded in 1964.

[@clementine3218]

Sir John Gielgud could read the back of a Ramen Noodle packet and make it sound like poetry.

[@alyssadonkin8887]

Thanks for posting this it’s given me a idea for the voice of my character in my schools play

[@jansumi]

I'd listen to Burton read the phone book...

[@thecinematicmind]

The Motive and The Cue

[@katyalacrua6793]

Two geniuses! 👏👏

[@deborahingle2301]

Awesome! I don't suppose you have the complete audio play?

[@RomanStyran]

+Deborah Ingle Sadly you're right. I don't have the whole recording.

[@deborahingle2301]

Roman Styran Oh, well. Thanks for uploading what you have :)

[@kartezjackson7602]

Hey this production in its entierty is on youtube available. It is a taped production that truly makes u appreciate it.!!!

[@waynesmith3767]

Two great Hamlets, two astounding voices!

[@grahamfisher5436]

I'm a Kid from a rough council estate I didn't sit a single exam.. Was bullied beaten And ohhhhh my LORD.. I UNDERSTAND THIS I understand the words of Shakespeare SUCH POWER SUCH PASSION LIFE LIFE LIFE

[@BillyMcBride]

Come on GHOST, night was made for resting!

[@BillyMcBride]

That the ghost was murdered, so is prince Hamlet's pleasure slain by knowing such.

[@BillyMcBride]

Prince Hamlet's passions pay tribute to this loss of his own pleasure.

[@BillyMcBride]

Burton laughs at a moment in this play, which is not an action written down by Shakespeare, I think. It makes me wonder if that laughter is appropriate since Shakespeare did not write it out as "hahaha," and if we lose something by Burton's addition.