The lecherous old Falstaff schemes to seduce two wives in order to access their husbands’ money. They discover his motives easily and devise a series of elaborate jokes to humiliate him. Meanwhile, a wealthy daughter plots against her parents to wed the suitor of her choosing.

A 2010 broadcast of Hamlet returns to cinemas as part of the NT's 50th anniversary celebrations. Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger's Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner. He is joined by Clare Higgins (Gertrude), Patrick Malahide (Claudius), David Calder (Polonius), James Laurenson (Ghost/Player King) and Ruth Negga (Ophelia).

骁勇善战的奥赛罗（艾德里安·莱斯特 Adrian Lester 饰）爱上了元老的女儿苔丝狄蒙娜（琳赛·马歇尔 Lyndsey Marshal 饰），然而奥赛罗的身份卑微，两人的感情注定要经受风雨的打击。尹阿古（罗里·金奈尔 Rory Kinnear 饰）是奥赛罗手下的旗官，阴险狡诈的他妒忌奥赛罗的成就，想将其除之而后快。

As a country arms itself for war, a 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.