Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet, review: Pointedly subversive Prince lacks spontaneity By Paul Taylor for The Independent, 25 August 2015 With his great gift for portraying the brilliant misfit and racing, ironic intellect, Benedict Cumberbatch is natural casting for Hamlet. But I wonder if a bit of him now wishes that he’d tackled the part at some point before the global success […]
Brilliant Benedict, the sweet prince of the stage: Triumphant Cumberbatch treads the boards in five-star production of Hamlet after fans queued for 36 hours to see his opening night Review by Jan Moir; extended article by Tom Payne for The Daily Mail and Sam Tonkin for MailOnline, 5 August 2015, updated 6 August 2015. Our accompanying photo comes from this article. First there […]
Cumberfans on Hamlet: ‘I can’t imagine what it will be like to see him’ Hannah Ellis-Petersen for The Guardian, 4 August 2015 Teri Peterson, 39, a receptionist, has lived in rural Wisconsin her whole life. With the nearest theatres in Chicago or Milawaukee over a two hours drive away, Shakespeare performances are not always easy to access. But in October, she […]
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph June 6, 2014 Do you have 10am Monday August 11 pencilled in your diary, pasted into your e-planner or scribbled on a Post-It note and stuck somewhere prominent? Well, you should do – if, that is, you want to have a hope in hell of getting to see Benedict Cumberbatch tread the boards at the Barbican in […]
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