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Hamlet Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet captured the popular imagination and ignited a global media frenzy. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, director Lyndsey Turner’s Hamlet at London’s Barbican was the <strong>Shakespeare</strong> event of 2015. And then it was screened live to cinemas worldwide, which meant we all got to see what the fuss was about… Words: Kayleigh Töyrä Sweet Prince 16 SHAKESPEARE magazine
Hamlet Hamlet is always going to be a tricky play to stage. Everyone, from theatre buffs to armchair <strong>Shakespeare</strong> scholars, has an idea of how Hamlet ought to be. Add an actor like Benedict Cumberbatch and naysayers start baying for blood – claiming his star quality detracts from the role, or that people are seeing the play for the ‘wrong’ reasons. Unquestionably droves of people flocked to London’s Barbican and to local cinemas to see Hamlet, but whether initial interest was because of Cumberbatch or not seems irrelevant – the production delivers a fresh and modern Hamlet. And, thanks to National Theatre Live broadcasting the play Hamlet (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Laertes (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith) in the eye of the rehearsal storm. in cinemas, big productions like this are now becoming accessible to a much wider range of audiences. And the screenings of Hamlet were a stunning success, with box office takings running into the millions. Presented by Sonia Friedman Productions and directed by Lyndsey Turner, the play is immediately distinguished by Es Devlin’s beautiful set design. The stage is elegant and suitably cinematic in its detail, and the 360 degree filming means that NT Live audiences can fully appreciate the subtleties of staging. The ornate banquet table, the piano played by Ophelia (Siân Brooke), and the richly decorated walls evoke early twentieth- SHAKESPEARE magazine 17
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