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National Theatre Live HD Broadcast: Hamlet
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch
Tuesday, March 20th | 7:00 pm
Sponsored by: Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Webster’s Bookstore & Cafe, and S & A Homes

The State Theatre receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Pricing: Adults $10 (+$2.50 ticketing fee) Students and Seniors $8 (+$1.50 ticketing fee)

Please be aware that this event is an HD Broadcast, not a live event.

Now seen by over 750,000 people worldwide, the original 2015 NT Live broadcast returns to cinemas.

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.