The film is based on the true story of Ian Charleson, who played Hamlet at London’s National Theatre after being diagnosed with AIDS.
Elsinore, the Focus Features film based on the true story of Ian Charleson, will be released in select theaters on November 20. Watch Andrew Scott, who plays Charleson, and Olivia Colman in the trailer below.
The film, written by Stephen Beresford, based on an idea by Ethan Silverman, and directed by theater director Simon Stone, also stars Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn, Luke Thompson, David Dawson, Matthew Beard, Joe Locke, Monica Dolan, Georgie Glen, Sadie Soverall, Adeel Akhtar, Dickie Beau, Kadiff Kirwan, Juliet Stevenson, and Peter Mullan.