absolutely the most thoughtful and spiritually deep and intense hamlet ever do no other version come close . jacobi have the best understanding of the role of all the actor that have play it . patrick stewart claudius be ferocious and still sympathetic i particularly like the two doofus play rosencranz and guildenstern . very feckless and yet sinister . some might gripe about the need for a strong ophelia she not a strong person and that the point and and lalla ward hit the proper nuance . amaze . simply amaze every one of the more than two dozen time i have watch it .