A dress rehearsal performance of Hamlet directed by Adrian Noble and starring English actor, Kenneth Branagh on 1st November 1992 at the Royal Shakespeare Company, London UK. This was the fourth time that Kenneth Branagh had played Hamlet, and he would go on to play the role again for his film version in 1997. Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh b1960 is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter originally from Belfast who was raised in England.