Hamlet’s body isn’t carried off. Instead, on Fortinbras’ last line, “Go, bid the soldiers shoot,” good Horatio is shot, his blood spattering on the wall behind him like a slasher movie.

For example, Adrian Lester and Scott Handy must be the only pair of actors on earth whose preparation for playing the Hamlet and Horatio's friendship includes having previously played Rosalind and ...

Prince Hamlet is a new adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play that puts sign language at the centre of the story. Actor Dawn Jani Birley plays Horatio, who narrates the entire tale in American ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Christopher Plummer played Hamlet and his best friend Horatio was played by a young Michael Caine – his only filmed Shakespearean role. Made to celebrate ...

Moments earlier, the dying Hamlet had told his friend Horatio that Fortinbras had his blessing as the next king. Moments before that, though, he’d implored Horatio to tell the truth about what ...

The bodies of Hamlet's mother, his uncle and his frenemy Laertes are splayed around him, and he himself lies dying with the stalwart Horatio at his side. Horatio, played by the excellent Leo Bill ...