It's time to determine by popular vote...
Who is the Hottest Hamlet?
Row 1 - Alwin Neuß , Hamlet (1907) - Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Hamlet (1913)
Row 2 - Laurence Olivier, Hamlet (1948) - Christopher Plummer, Hamlet at Elsinore (1964)
Row 3 - Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Hamlet (1964) - Nicol Williamson, Hamlet (1969)
Row 4 - Derek Jacobi, BBC Television Shakespeare: Hamlet (1980) - Mel Gibson, Hamlet (1990) - Iain Glen, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
Who is the Hottest Hamlet?
Alwin Neuss (Hamlet, 1907)
Johnston Forbes-Robertson (Hamlet, 1913)
Laurence Olivier (Hamlet, 1948)
Christopher Plummer (Hamlet at Elsinore, 1964)
Innokenty Smoktunovsky (Hamlet 1964)
Nicol Williamson (Hamlet, 1969)
Derek Jacobi (BBC Shakespeare: Hamlet, 1980)
Mel Gibson (Hamlet, 1990)
Iain Glen (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, 1990)
*I can hear all of you crying "This is Asta Nielsen/Sarah Bernhardt/Kenneth Branagh erasure!" and this is my time to state that they would not have been admissible to the tournament proper and that is why they are not included here. To be admissible for this poll and the larger tournament the hamlet in question must be a male character in a -- and I cannot stress this enough -- medieval period-set film or television adaptation/broadcast.













