Cast and Creatives Hamlet Hail to the Thief Close Horatio Annabel Baldwin Previous RSC includes: Julius Caesar Other theatre includes: Tender (Bush Theatre), Paradise Now (Bush Theatre), Antigone (New Diorama), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Original Cast (Palace Theatre London), Pride and Prejudice Sort Of* (Criterion), The Wolves (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Wild Swimming (Bristol Old Vic/ Pleasance), Dear Elizabeth (Gate Theatre), How to Build a Wax Figure (Pleasance) Television and film includes: The Great (Hulu), Doctors (BBC), I hate Suzie (Amazon Prime), The Jewish Enquirer (Amazon Prime), Love Wins (Evolve Productions) Annabel played Anne Elliot in Audible’s original adaptation of Persuasion and has narrated novels such as Our Wives under the Sea, Experienced and Faking It. Annabel works with the mentoring charity Scene and Heard. Hamlet Samuel Blenkin This is Samuel’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Ocean at The End Of The Lane (National Theatre), Bach & Sons (Bridge Theatre), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End) Television includes: Black Mirror, Mary & George (Sky/AMC), Atlanta Film includes: Alien series (FX), Mickey 17 Rosencrantz James Cooney RSC includes: Measure For Measure, Troilus and Cressida; Hamlet, King Lear, Cymbeline Other theatre includes: Betrayal (Repertory Philippines), Romeo and Juliet (Almeida Theatre), Henry V (Headlong UK Tour), Henry V (Globe), Around The World In 80 Days (Eastbourne Theatres), The 47th (Old Vic), Flare Path (UK Tour), Plastic (Latitude Festival), The Natives Jamie Jackson. 24 Hour Plays: Cinderland, The Bird and The Two-Ton Weight (Old Vic New Voices Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Squerryes Court), Hamlet (Watermill Theatre), Bottleneck (High Tide Festival Theatre), Bottom Up (Little Pieces of Gold @ Southwark Playhouse), The Only Way Is Chelsea’s (York Theatre Royal / Newcastle / Soho Theatre), Apples/Thatcherwrite (Theatre503), You Once Said Yes (Look Left Look Right), Island (National Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (Lodestar Theatre Company) Television includes: Andor (Disney+), ABC Murders (Mammoth Screen for BBC), Casualty, Silent Witness, Doctors (BBC) Film Includes: Strangeways Here We Come (Oh My! Productions), Jester and Flora (Short Film), Vic/Tim (Short Film, NFTS), Cushy (Short Film, Second Shot Productions), ETU (Short Film, First Take) Radio Includes: London Belongs To Me (BBC Radio 4), From Morning To Midnight (BBC Radio 3) Off-Stage Swing Daniel Davids This is Daniel's RSC debut. Theatre includes: The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre), A New World: A Life Of Thomas Payne (Globe), Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Apollo Theatre), I And You (GEST Sweden), A Harlem Story (Jermyn St Theatre) Television includes: Casualty (BBC), Meet The Adebanjos (6 seasons, Netflix) Film includes: In The Blackness, Sunray: Fallen Soldier, The Whip (Amazon) Trained: National Youth Theatre, Queen Margaret University Off-Stage Swing Kieran Garland This is Kieran's RSC debut Theatre includes: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre), The Shawshank Redemption (UK & Ireland, Bill Kenwright Ltd.), Much Ado About Nothing (East London Shakespeare Festival), Macbeth (RIFT), Lysistrata (Actors of Dionysus), The Duchess of Malfi (Prodigal Theatre) Television includes: Silent Witness (BBC), A Thousand Blows (Disney+), American Monster (Discovery I.D.), Locked Up Abroad (National Geographic) Laertes Brandon Grace This is Brandon’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Cyrano (Traverse Theatre), London Tide, Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre), Mlima’s Tale (Kiln Theatre) Television includes: My Lady Jane (Amazon), Fate: The Winx Saga (Netflix) Gertrude Claudia Harrison This is Claudia’s RSC debut. Theatre includes: The Painkiller (Lyric, Belfast), plus New Voices seasons at the Old Vic, numerous workshops for the National Theatre Studio Television includes: The Crown (Netflix), Love Story (BBC), Humans (Channel 4), Lucan (ITV) Other credits include: The Biggest Secret (BBC Radio 4) and comedy improvisation for Talkback Thames Trained: RADA Claudia is an Associate Teacher at RADA. Claudius Paul Hilton This is Paul’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Juno & The Paycock (Gielgud Theatre, West End), The Inheritance (Young Vic, Noel Coward Theatre and Broadway), An Enemy of the People, The Glass Menagerie (Duke of York’s), Peter Pan, Othello (National Theatre) Television includes: Slow Horses (Apple TV+), A Very English Scandal, The Crown Film incudes: Earwig, Eternal Beauty, Lady Macbeth, London Road, Wuthering Heights Guildenstern Felipe Pacheco This is Felipe’s RSC debut Theatre includes: Toto Kerblammo! (Unicorn Theatre), Rope (Theatre Clwyd), Up Next (National Theatre), Metamorphosis, Othello, The Way I See It (Frantic Assembly), Henry V (Donmar Warehouse), Peter Pan (Alban Arena), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Zorro (Off The Ground), Our Shore (Buried Thunder), Lord of the Flies (New Adventures) Television and Film includes: Patterns (Prime Video), Brassic (Sky One), The Responder (BBC One); No Reason to Live (Chemical Brothers & Gecko), Family (Emeli Sandé), B in Black (Pappy Show), Essence (Buried Thunder) Trained at: GSA Polonius Tom Peters This is Tom’s RSC debut. Theatre includes: Stranger Things (Phoenix Theatre), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace Theatre), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (UK tour), Ugly Lies the Bone, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Strange Interlude, Scenes From An Execution, Travelling Light, The London Cuckolds, Ivanov (National Theatre), Present Laughter, Girl From The North Country, The Crucible, Dancing At Lughnasa (Old Vic), 101 Dalmatians (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), Medea (Soho Place), Sheppey (Orange Tree), Macbeth (Court Theatre, NZ), Four Cities (The Fortune, NZ), Treasure Island (The New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme), The Alchemist (The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry), Forever House (The Drum, Plymouth Theatre Royal), A View From The Bridge (Liverpool Playhouse), The Winter's Tale (Riding Lights Theatre Company), The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo & Juliet (Guildford Shakespeare Company), Dick Whittington, Aladdin (Salisbury Playhouse), Jack & The Beanstalk, Mother Goose, Aladdin, Dick Whittington, BFG (Harrogate Theatre), The Crampons of Fear (Easter Angles), Hamlet, 27 (Fecund Theatre), A Doll’s House (New End Theatre), Gallows Song, Dark Tales (The Bridewell Theatre), Antony & Cleopatra, Tales From King James, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Macbeth, Robin Hood, The Oxford Passion, Shakespeare’s Saint & Sinners (Creation Theatre Co) Television includes: We Were the Lucky Ones (Hulu) Off-Stage Swing Marienella Phillips Previous RSC includes: Love’s Labour’s Lost Theatre includes: A Christmas Carol (The Lowry, Manchester), The Fabulist (Charing Cross Theatre),The King & I (Dominion / UK & Ireland Tour), Henry V (Donmar Warehouse & National Theatre Live), Dead Man Walking, The Shoemaker (Welsh National Opera), Queen Margaret (Downpour Theatre Company), To Henry With Love, Ashes (Princess Theatre, Burnham-on-Sea), The Downfall of Don José, Hansel and Gretel (Longborough Festival Opera), Dido and Aeneas (Buxton International Festival), Alcina (Ensemble Orquesta & Grimeborn Festival), Die Fledermaus (Opera'r Ddraig), Cosi fan tutte (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama) Other credits include: anthem singer for the Rugby Football Union and other large sporting events in the UK, having sung the English and Welsh national anthems at various stadiums including Twickenham for the Six Nations: England vs Ireland 2024, Wembley for the Women's FA Cup 2024: Manchester UTD vs Tottenham, and Ashton Gate for the Red Roses vs Wales 2022. Winner of the Adelina Patti and Dolan Evans Prizes 2019 and Sir Ian Stoutzker Prize Finalist 2021 (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama) Trained at: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Ophelia Ami Tredrea This is Ami’s RSC debut Theatre includes: London Tide, The Crucible (National Theatre), The Good Person of Szechwan (Sheffield Crucible Theatre), The 47th (Old Vic) Television includes: Black Mirror (Netflix), Prime Target (AppleTV+), My Lady Jane (Amazon), Three Body Problem (Netflix). Film includes: Strangers (Fox Searchlight) Trained at: LAMDA Gravedigger/ Player Queen/ Barnarda Romaya Weaver This is Romaya’s RSC debut Theatre includes: The Cabinet Minister (Menier Chocolate Factory). Theatre credits whilst training include: Jane Eyre, The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's Women, Days of Significance, The Trojan Women Trained at: Guildhall School of Music and Drama Previous Next Cast Horatio Annabel Baldwin Hamlet Samuel Blenkin Rosencrantz James Cooney Off-Stage Swing Daniel Davids Off-Stage Swing Kieran Garland Laertes Brandon Grace Gertrude Claudia Harrison Claudius Paul Hilton Guildenstern Felipe Pacheco Polonius Tom Peters Off-Stage Swing Marienella Phillips Ophelia Ami Tredrea Gravedigger/ Player Queen/ Barnarda Romaya Weaver Creatives Directors Steven Hoggett & Christine Jones Set Designer AMP Feat. Sadra Tehrani Arranger Justin Levine Choreographer Jess Williams Music Supervisor & Music Director Tom Brady Sound Designer Gareth Fry Video Designer Will Duke Lighting Designer Jessica Hung Han Yun Costume Designer Lisa Duncan Dramaturg and Text Consultant Ayanna Thompson Casting Director Charlotte Sutton CDG Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon 4 - 28 Jun 2025 Book Tickets Running time: To be confirmed About the play Cast and creatives Related events Assisted Performances More Less About the play Cast and creatives Related events Assisted Performances Next performance: 4 June, 7:45PM Royal Shakespeare TheatreStratford-upon-Avon In This Section About the play Shakespeare’s great tragedy and Radiohead’s seminal album collide for a feverish experience that fuses theatre, music, and movement. Book now Related events Find out more about Hamlet Hail to the Thief and how it was created, with our series of events. 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