The Grand screens a live, high-definition presentation of The National Theatre of London's production of “Hamlet” on Thursday, October 22 at 2:00 and 6:00pm. Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game and the play adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for NT Live) takes on the title role in Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Director Lyndsey Turner (Posh,Chimerica) sets the play in a country that is arming itself for war, as its ruling 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. For more information on this or other Grand events, please call the box office at 207-667-9500 or visit The Grand website at www.grandonline.org or follow us on Facebook.