Peter Eyre returns to the Donmar to play the Ghost of Hamlet’s Father/Player King. He previously appeared at the Donmar in Murder in the Cathedral (part of the TS Eliot Festival) and The Wild Duck. His other recent theatre credits include Waste (Almeida Theatre), Terre Haute (New York, Trafalgar Studios and Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh), Ring Round the Moon (Playhouse Theatre), The Cherry Orchard (Sheffield Crucible), Richard II (Old Vic) and Don Carlos (Sheffield Crucible and Gielgud Theatre). For television, his work includes Question of God, Cambridge Spies, Bertie & Elizabeth, The Death of Socrates, Don Quixote and Alice in Wonderland; and for film, Shadows in the Sun, From Hell, The Golden Bowl, Surviving Picasso, Remains of the Day, Orlando and Let Him Have It.

Jude Law makes his Donmar debut in the title role. Law’s theatre work includes Dr Faustus and ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Young Vic), Les Parents Terrible (National Theatre and Broadway) and Death of a Salesman (West Yorkshire Playhouse). His film work includes Sherlock Holmes, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, The Repossession Mambo, Sleuth, My Blueberry Nights, The Holiday, Closer, Alfie, The Aviator, Cold Mountain, Road to Perdition, The Talented Mr Ripley and Wilde.

Gwilym Lee plays Guildenstern. His theatre work includes Oedipus (National Theatre) and Richard III (RSC). For television, his credits include Waterloo Road, Lewis and Mutual Friends.

John MacMillan plays Rosencrantz. For theatre, his work includes In the Red and Brown Water and The Member of the Wedding (Young Vic), Piranha Heights (Soho Theatre), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Almeida Theatre) and Cymbeline (Cheek by Jowl).

Kevin R McNally returns to the Donmar to play Claudius. His previous work for the Donmar includes Ivanov and World Music. His other theatre credits include Boeing Boeing (Comedy Theatre), The Lady in the Van (Queen’s Theatre) and Naked (Almeida and Playhouse Theatre). For television, his work includes Demons, The Last Van Helsing, The Murder of Princess Diana, Life on Mars, Dunkirk, Bedtime, Shackleton and Conspiracy; and for film, Valkyrie, Scoop, Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny English, Entrapment, Sliding Doors, Enigma and Cry Freedom.

Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Ophelia. Her theatre credits include Gethsemane (National Theatre), Big White Fog (Almeida Theatre), Romeo & Juliet and Antony & Cleopatra (Manchester Royal Exchange). For television, her work includes Bonekickers, Lost in Austen, Fallout, Trial & Retribution, Dr Who and London; and for film, Act of God.