20世纪40年代的英国，一位年轻的剧作家得到了一位重要导演的首演。但是导演想找一个喜怒无常的女演员来演主角。当洛林·巴里(Lorraine Barry)读到第一遍时，导演和明星之间的战斗开始了，可怜的剧作家夹在中间。

The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.

A nervous bank clerk has to cope with a flood of pornographic mail, under the suspicious eye of his puritanical boss.