King George's first successful attempt at speaking is reciting Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech. Many members of the cast have appeared in productions of Hamlet. Derek Jacobi played the title role in Amleto (1980), opposite Claire Bloom as Gertrude. In addition, he played the Prince in over four hundred performances on stage. Jacobi played Claudius in Hamlet (1996), in which Timothy Spall played Rosencrantz. This movie also featured Rosemary Harris, mother of cast member Jennifer Ehle. Geoffrey Rush played Horatio in the Australian theater. Helena Bonham Carter played Ophelia in Amleto (1990).

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