David Tennant in the RSC's production of Hamlet at the Novello theatre in London in 2008.
Posted on 04/23/2014 9:30:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
On the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, Michael Billington has picked the best Hamlets he's seen in each decade of his theatregoing life. To help you choose your own favourite Prince of Denmark, here are 45 actors who've found a method for the character's madness
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Yet here Laertes? Aboard, aboard, for shame. The wind sits in the shoulder of your sails and you are stayed for!
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief.
I can think of 536 people in Washington who should hear that over and over again.
Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio.
My father—methinks I see my father.
I think he’s picked EVERY Hamlet in 45 years. Outside of the movies, I’ve only seen the Stephen Dillane & Simon Russell Beale productions. Neither was up to the part but some of the supporting actors were wonderful.
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