TY - BOOK AU - Branagh, Kenneth AU - Writers: William Shakespeare (play) TI - Hamlet: 1996 SN - 1419849727 AV - PG 1619.26 B816 1996 PY - 1996/// CY - USA PB - Warners B KW - Murder event KW - Classic KW - Corruption KW - Revenge KW - 19th century world N1 - 242 mins. , col. ; 2 disc N2 - Act 1, Scene 1 Hamlet opens with the sentry, Francisco, keeping watch over the castle at Elsinore. He is relieved by Barnardo, who is joined shortly by Horatio and Marcellus. Barnardo and Marcellus reveal that they have witnessed an apparition ER -